Category: mission extension vehicle

Northrop’s satellite refueling spacecraft launches on October 9th

[ad_1] A second spacecraft, MEV-2, will help another Intelsat satellite in 2020 and should have the same amount of leftover fuel. Both MEVs are flexible, too. They can dock with 80 percent of current geostationary satellites, even if they weren’t designed for servicing. If the MEV program ramps up, NASA could buy its services going […]