Seated, left to right, are D-Orbit CEO Luca Rossettini and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher signing an agreement for Europe's first life extension mission for a satellite in geostationary orbit.

MILAN – Italian space logistics company D-Orbit announced a 119.6 million euro ($131 million) contract with the European Space Agency for a spacecraft servicing vehicle.   Under the contract announced Oct. 14 at the International Astronautical Congress here, D-Orbit will develop, launch and demonstrate a vehicle capable of rendezvous, docking and taking over the attitude- and […]

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...