Ep. 567: When Satellites Need A House Call - a podcast by 365DaysOfAstronomy.org

from 2020-04-27T15:44:37

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Space is really far away, so when you send a satellite out into the void, that's pretty much the last you're going to be able to work on it. And if anything goes wrong, too bad, you're out a satellite. But a new test has shown that it's possible to actually visit and fix a satellite in space. Maybe we don't have to throw them all away after all.