Boston-area firms to help recycle satellites

High above the Earth floats a graveyard — a growing fleet of moribund communications satellites jettisoned into retirement after they broke or became obsolete. Now, they may be about to get second lives as working satellites, with local laboratories developing ways to repurpose them 22,000 miles up in space. The laboratories are working for a Department of Defense program called Phoenix, which is built on the bold vision of recycling rather than replacing satellites. More

(Source: Boston.com - Jul 31)