NASA's satellite pit stop project runs out of gas

NASA has finally pulled the plug on its ambitious mission to refuel and service working satellites via its OSAM-1 demonstrator. The On-orbit, Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) demonstrator was to have grappled, refueled, and relocated a government-owned satellite. However, citing cost and technical challenges …

[Jim Whitaker]

New approach needed

Now give the task to SpaceX.

[Anonymous Coward]

Given that (Space X at least) can launch 50 satellites on a single rocket, my hunch is it doesn't make sense to service satellites. To make it economical, a single service launch would have to service N * 50 satellites, N>>1.