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A robotic servicer bolts jetpacks onto aging satellites

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Northrop Grumman launched a robotic servicer with washing-machine-sized jetpacks that bolt onto aging satellites to extend their lives in geosynchronous orbit, while the first SETI survey run with ALMA found no aliens but proved past surveys canvassed far more stars than counted.

Reporting date: 2026-07-24 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to July 24, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A first-time-right launch makes India the third nation with private orbital access

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A robotic servicer bolts jetpacks onto aging satellites
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-07-24
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-24-a-robotic-servicer-extends-satellite-lives
Claim: Northrop Grumman launched a robotic servicer with washing-machine-sized jetpacks that bolt onto aging satellites to extend their lives in geosynchronous orbit, while the first SETI survey run with ALMA found no aliens but proved past surveys canvassed far more stars than counted.
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- Welcome to July 24, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-24-2026
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