After 17 years into a 13-year mission, that's not bad Richard Speed Tue 13 Apr 2021 // 14:12 UTC Share Copy Northrop Grumman's second Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) has docked with Intelsat's IS-10-02 satellite, potentially extending the life of the latter by five years. Launched in 2004, IS-10-02 delivers broadband and media services over Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and South America. Half of its Ku band payload is owned by Telenor Satellite, which contributed to the MEV mission. Dubbed MEV-2, the spacecraft's mission differed from last year's successful demonstration with Intelsat's IS-901 satellite. This time around the docking occurred directly in the satellite's operational GEO orbit location, a first for the MEV fleet.