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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 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.
DARPA signed an agreement in 2020 to share its satellite servicing technology with Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics.
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.
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.
D-Orbit operates in the space logistics market and provides space logistics and orbital transportation services globally.
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).
Dr. Steven Meier, director of the Naval Research Laboratory’s Naval Center for Space Technology, will offer remarks on space logistics, in-space power beaming, and space applications for artificial intelligence on 2023-04-19 from 3:45 to 4:10 p.m. at The Broadmoor International Center.
SpaceLogistics is a division of Northrop Grumman Corporation that provides in-space servicing via its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV).
SpaceLogistics plans to install a Mission Extension Pod on the Optus D3 satellite in 2025.
The Mission Extension Pod (MEP) is designed to be installed by SpaceLogistics’ Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) on an Intelsat satellite operating in geostationary orbit (GEO).
The Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) has a mass of 3,000 kg and is the successor to the pair of SpaceLogistics Mission Extension Vehicles (MEVs) launched since 2019.
SpaceLogistics plans to launch the 3,000-kilogram MRV to geostationary transfer orbit along with three 400-kilogram Mission Extension Pods on a SpaceX launch vehicle in late 2024.
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’ Mission Extension Vehicle MEV-2 began providing life-extension services for Intelsat 10-02 in 2021.
SpaceLogistics plans to install Intelsat’s selected Mission Extension Pod in 2026 using a Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) servicer with a robotic arm.
Intelsat’s purchase of the MEP continues a space sustainability practice that began in 2020 when SpaceLogistics’ Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-1) performed the first-ever on-orbit commercial spacecraft docking with Intelsat 901 (IS-901).
SmallSpark Space Systems in Cardiff received £76,000 to develop and mature the S4-NEWT-A2 dual-firing mode propulsion system for its S4-SLV in-space logistics vehicle and as a candidate for upper-stage launch vehicles.
Lúnasa at Harwell received £216,000 to reach technology readiness for a reusable dual-stage spacecraft designed to provide in-space logistics and infrastructure services for small satellites.