Northrop Grumman has written a new line in the history books, the company's Mission Extension Vehicle 1 (MEV-1) executing the ...

American space company Northrop Grumman announced it has performed the first undocking between two commercial spacecraft in the geosynchronous earth orbit ...

From obsolete satellites to rocket fragments and uncontrolled collisions in space, Earth’s orbit is fast becoming a graveyard ...

Northrop Grumman’s MEV-1 completes its five-year mission with IS-901, marking a milestone in commercial satellite servicing.

ESA calls it the largest space graveyard to date. Experts agree: the only way forward is active debris removal. Without it, Kessler Syndrome could shut down future satellite operations and cripple ...

When a satellite is near end of life, the last bit of fuel is used to push it into graveyard orbit. This doesn’t always work, however, and when the light is just right, a chemical reaction makes ...

After this decommissioning, Intelsat 901 was commanded to fire its thrusters to move itself into the GEO graveyard orbit. This satellite was chosen for the first MEV mission because it only had ...

Intelsat has completed the satellite life-extension mission and made space history. Takeaway Points Intelsat has completed the Satellite Life-Extension Mission. The Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) ...

The first-ever undocking between two commercial spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit with the completion of a satellite life-extension mission.

The world’s first Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV), developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Space Logistics LLC, successfully detached from IS-901 after moving the satellite to the ...