Northrop’s MEV-1 Life-extension Spacecraft Completes First Docking

First docking of two commercial satellites.
Credit: Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman and Intelsat are hailing the “historic” first docking of two commercial satellites on orbit on Feb. 25, when the manufacturer’s first Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-1) autonomously attached itself to the Intelsat 901 communications satellite just outside geosynchronous orbit (GEO)...
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