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NASA cancels $2B OSAM-1 robotic satellite-servicing mission over Maxar performance
S4 · 01 Mar 2024 · Maxar Space
Record
| Company | Maxar Space |
| Industry | Space robotics |
| Type(s) | mission-loss |
| Date | 01 Mar 2024 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | 1 program, ~$2B mission cancelled |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
NASA terminated its OSAM-1 (On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing) mission, which relied on a Maxar-built spacecraft and robotic servicing arm to refuel an aging satellite, after citing persistent cost overruns, schedule delays, and technical/performance problems with contractor Maxar.
Primary source
Publisher: CNBC · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Mar 2024 | NASA cancels $2B OSAM-1 robotic satellite-servicing mission over Maxar performance | CNBC | CNBC |
Space robotics context
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Maxar Space industry position
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