MEV-1, launched Oct. 9, 2019, recently completed its orbit raising to an orbit approximately 180 miles above geosynchronous orbit. IS-901 is a fully operational communication satellite that is running ...

Two unmanned commercial satellites have docked in orbit for the first time. On February 25, Northrop Grumman's Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) linked up with the Intelsat 901 (IS-901) ...

An old communications satellite in orbit around Earth is back in service again after being nudged into new life-saving orbit by another satellite. Intelsat 901, which has been in space since 2001, is ...

View of Intelsat 901 satellite from Mission Extension Vehicle-1’s (MEV-1) “near hold” position during approach from approximately 20 meters with Earth in the background. The MEV successfully docked ...

International Launch Services (ILS) is continuing to plan out its future manifest by announcing two new missions via the signing of launch services contracts. The missions both involve EUTELSAT birds, ...

MEV-1 is the first commercial satellite-servicing craft to take flight. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The era of commercial ...

Northrop Grumman's Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) satellite servicer. Credit: Northrop Grumman TAMPA, Fla. — Northrop Grumman’s MEV-2 satellite servicer is performing close proximity operations ...

Northrop Grumman is claiming it has made history with the docking of a second “Mission Extension Vehicle” to extend the life of an Intelsat satellite. Both the companies suggest the successful docking ...

On Saturday, a Northrop Grumman spacecraft, designed to give a dying satellite a new lease on life, launched into space. Its objective is to latch onto an aging satellite that’s been in space for 16 ...