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The Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) was an important component in NASA's future Space Station plans in the 1980s. As a separately funded part of the 1984 Space Station plan, the OMV was intended as a short range robotic “space tug” that could move payloads about in the vicinity of the Shuttle and Space Station. The OMV depicted here is towing a communications satellite (right) to the Space Shuttle, where it will be refurbished.
This TRW illustration from 1986 shows an OMV moving a large free-flying space platform away from the Space Station (left).
The OMV (right) is approaching the Hubble Space Telescope, which will be moved to the Space Station for repair. TRW illustration from 1986.
In this 1984 illustration, the Hubble Space Telescope is being serviced at the Space Station while the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle is hovering in the background.