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Rendezvous technology satellite

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  • ETS-7 Japanese rendezvous technology satellite. Hikoboshi. Technology satellite, to accomplish remote automatic rendezvous and docking. Technology satellite operated by NASDA, Japan. Launched 1997.
  • ETS-7 Target Japanese rendezvous technology satellite. Orihime. Attached to Hikoboshi. Docking target for ETS-7.
  • XSS American rendezvous technology satellite. Rendezvous Technology satellite built by Lockheed Martin for Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), NASA, USA. Launched 2005.
  • DART American rendezvous technology satellite. Autonomous Rendezvous Technology mission, planned to guide itself to within a few meters of a US satellite. Technology, automatic rendezvous satellite built by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) for NASA, USA. Launched 2005. Used the HAPS stage bus.
  • Orbital Express Astro American rendezvous technology satellite. Astro. The active satellite of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Orbital Express program.