Orbital Express satellites decommissioned
The two Orbital Express satellites were decommissioned this past weekend, bringing down the curtain on the pioneering joint mission to demonstrate on-orbit satellite servicing. Ball Aerospace's NextSat, which served as the "client" spacecraft, was shut down July 21 and Boeing Phantom Works' ASTRO...
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