SpaceLogistics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, is a provider of in-orbit satellite servicing for geosynchronous satellite operators. It utilizes a fleet of commercial servicing vehicles, including the Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV), the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV), and Mission Extension Pods (MEP), to extend the lifespan and capabilities of existing satellites. They offer services such as life extension, robotic inspection, repair, and augmentation, and have partnered with organizations like Intelsat and DARPA.
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MEV-1 and MEV-2 are operated by Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics in-orbit-servicing subsidiary and are extending the missions of two Intelsat satellites they are attached to in geostationary orbit.
On 2023-08-08, DCubed forged an agreement with Italian space logistics firm D-Orbit to launch the demonstration payload in the fourth quarter of 2023.
SpaceLogistics, a Northrop Grumman subsidiary, is partnering with Orbital Composites on geostationary applications for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing.
SpaceLogistics plans to launch its first Mission Robotic Vehicle in 2025 to install Mission Extension Pods on Optus and Intelsat communications satellites.
SpaceLogistics will continue to produce and deliver future Mission Extension Pods to extend the operational life of client satellites.
SpaceLogistics and Intelsat have an established relationship that includes commercial satellite-servicing missions in geostationary orbit.
Intelsat’s in-orbit servicing program began in 2020 when SpaceLogistics’ Mission Extension Vehicle MEV-1 performed the first-ever in-orbit commercial spacecraft docking with Intelsat 901.
SpaceLogistics’ Mission Extension Vehicle MEV-2 began providing life-extension services for Intelsat 10-02 in 2021.
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s SpaceLogistics will install the MEP jet pack using its mission robotic vehicle on an unidentified Intelsat satellite operating in geosynchronous orbit.
SpaceLogistics and its Mission Extension Pods completed critical design reviews and are proceeding toward a planned 2025 launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics is close to securing a customer for the last of three propulsion jetpacks it plans to launch late next year and already operates two commercial life-extension missions.
SpaceLogistics’ Mission Robotic Vehicle is projected to launch in 2024 with two fuel pods ordered by Intelsat and Optus to extend the life of geostationary satellites by at least six years.
Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics currently operates two Mission Extension Vehicles docked with two Intelsat geostationary satellites and plans to keep those satellites in service for about 15 years.
DARPA signed an agreement in 2020 to share its satellite servicing technology with Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics.
The COSMIC consortium builds upon technology maturation and demonstration efforts including NASA’s On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing missions, the joint Defense Aerospace Projects Research Agency and SpaceLogistics effort Robotic Servicing of Geostationary Satellites/Mission Robotic Vehicle (RSGS/MRV), and SpaceLogistics’ Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV).
D-Orbit operates in the space logistics market and provides space logistics and orbital transportation services globally.
On 2023-04-13, Intelsat ordered one of three fuel pods that SpaceLogistics is launching in late 2024 to extend the life of one of its geostationary satellites by at least six years.
SpaceLogistics plans to install Intelsat’s selected Mission Extension Pod in 2026 using a Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) servicer with a robotic arm.