The skills needed to inspect an abandoned rocket body can also interest a military worried about another spacecraft approaching its satellites. Britain’s £15m LEDA contract brings Astroscale’s close-orbit experience into a defence programme, giving an established servicing capability a new set of customers and operational questions.
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