Startups offer free solution to save sinking Hubble Space Telescope.
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Startups Momentus and Astroscale have offered to collaborate on a potential future servicing mission to boost NASA's aging Hubble Space Telescope into a safe orbit and remove any debris that could collide with the probe. The companies want to launch an orbital service vehicle that can rendezvous with and capture spacecraft, fire its thrusters, and boost Hubble to an orbit 50 kilometers higher, and then clear any litter found in its new environment. NASA issued a Request for Information (RFI) in December to explore potential solutions from commercial vendors.
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