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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SpaceLogistics successfully fired the electric propulsion system it is developing for the Mission Extension Pods in March 2022.
SpaceLogistics plans to launch a 3,000-kilogram Mission Robotic Vehicle and three Mission Extension Pods each about 400 kg on a SpaceX rocket in 2024.
SpaceLogistics’ first-generation Mission Extension Vehicles, MEV-1 and MEV-2, have provided propulsion and pointing control to commercial satellites in geostationary orbit since 2020.
SpaceLogistics completed preliminary design reviews for the Mission Robotic Vehicle and Mission Extension Pod in fall 2021 and remained on schedule for critical design reviews in 2022 and launch in 2024.
SpaceLogistics plans to send a new Mission Robotic Vehicle to orbit in 2024 on a SpaceX rocket.
SpaceLogistics is a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman that provides satellite life-extension services with Mission Extension Vehicles and is developing a future Mission Robotic Vehicle.
SpaceLogistics is developing a third-generation vehicle capable of refueling GEO satellites and performing active debris removal.
Space Logistics is planning to launch the second set of mission extension pods in early 2025.
Space Machines Company is an Australian startup that develops in-space logistics capabilities including deploying satellites into desired orbits, servicing, powering and assembling space infrastructure, and supporting deep space missions.
Leaf Space partnered with Australian in-space logistics provider Space Machines Company to support the Optimus-1 mission.
Space Machines Company is an Australian startup that develops in-space logistics capabilities, including deploying satellites into desired orbits, servicing, powering and assembling space infrastructure, and supporting deep space missions.
Northrop Grumman subsidiary SpaceLogistics docked its Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) to a geostationary satellite in February.
Theorem, LLC launched Theorem Orbital, a division focused on end-to-end space logistics and enablement for the Global 2000.
Northrop Grumman Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary SpaceLogistics LLC completed docking of the Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) to the Intelsat 10-02 (IS-10-02) commercial communications satellite on 2021-04-12 at 1:34 p.m. EDT.
Space Logistics, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, was contracted by Intelsat (the operator at 1° West) to deploy MEV-2 to prolong the operational life of THOR 10-02 because the satellite’s on-board propellant was due to run out toward the end of 2021.
SpaceLogistics’ second Mission Extension Vehicle launched in August 2020 and is en route to a second Intelsat satellite.
The first Mission Extension Vehicle built by Northrop Grumman subsidiary SpaceLogistics docked with an Intelsat satellite in February 2020.
RSGS is being executed as a public-private partnership with the intent that Northrop Grumman’s satellite servicing subsidiary, SpaceLogistics, will operate the spacecraft commercially to service 20 to 30 satellites over a lifetime of 8 to 10 years.
Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics division will provide the bus technologies it developed for the Mission Extension Vehicle.
The most recent solicitation from the Defense Innovation Unit is for commercial vehicles for in-space logistics.