Satellite servicing vehicle docks with Intelsat satellite
Posted: Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 8:03 AM ET (1303 GMT)
Northrop Grumman's satellite servicing spacecraft has successfully docked with an Intelsat satellite, the company announced Wednesday. Northrop's Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) 1 docked with the Intelsat 901 satellite early Tuesday, after maneuvering in the vicinity of that satellite for the last few weeks. MEV-1, launched in October, will take over maneuvering of Intelsat 901 for the next five years, extending a life of a satellite that had only a few months of fuel left. Northrop said it plans to launch MEV-2 later this year, which will service another, unidentified Intelsat satellite. The company will then develop another system that uses a so-called Mission Robotic Vehicle mothership to attach smaller Mission Extension Pods to satellites.
Northrop Grumman's satellite servicing spacecraft has successfully docked with an Intelsat satellite, the company announced Wednesday. Northrop's Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) 1 docked with the Intelsat 901 satellite early Tuesday, after maneuvering in the vicinity of that satellite for the last few weeks. MEV-1, launched in October, will take over maneuvering of Intelsat 901 for the next five years, extending a life of a satellite that had only a few months of fuel left. Northrop said it plans to launch MEV-2 later this year, which will service another, unidentified Intelsat satellite. The company will then develop another system that uses a so-called Mission Robotic Vehicle mothership to attach smaller Mission Extension Pods to satellites.
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