Firefly Aerospace sees national security uses for a space tug.
Credit: Firefly Aerospace
Amid explosive growth of small- satellite constellations in low Earth orbit, a new form of transportation has emerged: space tug last-mile services. Space tugs—also known as orbital transfer vehicles—launch on rockets and carry several small satellites at once to custom orbits. Operators of the...
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