In addition to plans for fuel depots in orbit, which SpaceX hopes to use to service missions with the Starship and Superheavy, OOR is also being investigated for the sake of satellite refueling.
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Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
Officials chose not to shoot down the drones because the risk was too great with the airport being full of passengers, planes on the runways and the nearby fuel depots, Jespersen added.
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