MEV-1 & 2 (Mission Extension Vehicle-1 and -2) - eoPortal
Oct 9, 2019 · MEV-1 provides life-extending services by taking over the propulsion and attitude control functions to steer, point and relocate the client spacecraft, while MEV-2 acts as fuel for …
MEV 1, 2 - Gunter's Space Page
MEV-2 is expected to be in service by mid-2020 on a five-year mission with an yet unrevealed Intelsat satellite. MEV 2 will also be equipped to carry hosted payloads from commercial …
Mission Extension Vehicle - Wikipedia
The Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) [1] is a spacecraft that extends the functional lifetime of another spacecraft through on-orbit satellite servicing. They are 2010s-design small-scale in …
SpaceLogistics - Northrop Grumman
SpaceLogistics currently provides in-orbit satellite servicing to geosynchronous satellite operators using the Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV)™ which docks with customers' existing satellites …
MEV-2 servicer successfully docks to live Intelsat satellite
Apr 12, 2021 · TAMPA, Fla. — Northrop Grumman’s MEV-2 satellite servicer successfully docked April 12 with Intelsat’s in-orbit 10-02 spacecraft.
Northrop Grumman just launched its second satellite rescue mission
Aug 17, 2020 · Northrop Grumman’s MEV-2 satellite prior to launch. On Saturday, a Northrop Grumman spacecraft, designed to give a dying satellite a new lease on life, launched into …
A Northrop Grumman robot successfully docked to a satellite …
On Monday (April 12), Northrop Grumman Corporation and SpaceLogistics LLC (a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman) announced that their satellite servicing spacecraft, called Mission …
MEV-2 spacecraft docks with satellite in orbit to extend its life
On April 12, 2021 at 1:34 pm EST, the Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) linked up to the Intelsat 10-02 (IS-10-02) commercial communications satellite in geosynchronous orbit 22,416 …
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details
May 1, 2015 · The MEV (Mission Extension Vehicle) are services satellites designed to offer life extension services for in-orbit satellites. They are operated by SpaceLogistics LLC, wholly …
Northrop Grumman’s MEV-2 Successfully Docks With IS-10-02 …
Apr 19, 2021 · On April 12, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SpaceLogistics LLC, successfully completed the docking of the …