I see the two agencies operating in different market niches.
The ESA specializes in taking satellites out of their orbits, repairing them in the depot, and taking them back - this is fine if it doesn't matter whether the satellite is moved (which is the case when the satellite has already failed).
The SSA specializes in repairing satellites in-place - this is the option to use if the satellite needs to remain where it is (for example, a communications satellite that still has partial functionality).
The ESA has plenty of business, but has to make money on volume. The SSA gets the difficult, high-paying jobs. They'd probably come out about even at the end of the year.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
The ESA specializes in taking satellites out of their orbits, repairing them in the depot, and taking them back - this is fine if it doesn't matter whether the satellite is moved (which is the case when the satellite has already failed).
The SSA specializes in repairing satellites in-place - this is the option to use if the satellite needs to remain where it is (for example, a communications satellite that still has partial functionality).
The ESA has plenty of business, but has to make money on volume. The SSA gets the difficult, high-paying jobs. They'd probably come out about even at the end of the year.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012