Orbital ATK's Satellite Life Extension Robot in Production
Orbital ATK's Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) is in production, having finished design review earlier this year, with about 75 percent of its platform and payload components having been delivered to the company's satellite manufacturing facility in Virginia, the company said…
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Monday. It said it will start system-level testing in spring, with a launch planned for late next year. It said Monday its long-range plan is to establish a fleet of in-orbit servicing vehicles that can do repair, assembly, refueling and in-space transportation work. The company's FCC International Bureau request for authority to launch and operate MEV-1 (see 1702270005) is pending.