Upon the announcement of their successful experiments in 3D printing inside of a vacuum, space-printing startup Made In Space has announced a partnership that will take them even further towards the goal of in-space manufacturing. Today, the firm has made public an agreement with NanoRacks, a commercial provider of low-Earth orbit services, to 3D print satellites on-demand from the International Space Station or any other CubeSat deployment platform.
The partners are calling their new offering the Stash & Deploy service. As NanoRacks has established its own business of deploying CubeSats into low-Earth orbit, the company will be able to store standard and customer-specific satellite parts on a satellite deployment site, like the ISS. …
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