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Northrop Grumman said last week that its Mission Extension Vehicle 2 – a robot spacecraft designed to help prolong the life of satellites in space – successfully docked to a commercial communications satellite. “We are now the only provider of life extension services for satellites,” a company spokesperson said.
This view from Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle 2 spacecraft shows the Intelsat 10-02 satellite shortly before docking. Image via Northrop Grumman.
Last week, the American aerospace company Northrop Grumman and its subsidiary SpaceLogistics announced a successful test of a newly developed robotic satellite-servicing spacecraft, called Mission Extension Vehicle 2 (MEV-2). The robot craft successfully docked with a commercial communications satellite, Intelsat 10-02, on April 12, 2021. The MEV is designed to attach itself to aging satellites and to help prolong their operations in space. Newly released images (above and below) are from th
Photos via SpaceX and Northrop Grumman
SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell and
Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) won
Via Satellite’s Satellite Executive and Technology of the Year awards for 2020. The winners, chosen by
Via Satellite’s readers and editorial team, were unveiled during a virtual program on April 5 as a lead-in to this week’s LEO Digital Forum event.
Shotwell’s win caps off a powerhouse 2020 for SpaceX, in which the company hit multiple record-breaking milestones. On the launch side, it broke its single-year launch record with 26 missions. The company also returned crewed spaceflight to the United States with the successful Crew Demo mission to the ISS in May 2020 in partnership with