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<blockquote data-quote="John777" data-source="post: 1078807" data-attributes="member: 413841"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 26px">The first satellite servicing spacecraft launches successfully</span></strong></p><p>As rocket launches go, the lift-off of a 58.2-metre (191-foot-tall) Russian Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan within the last hour, was not particularly eventful – thankfully – but what was interesting was its payload. Stowed onboard was a pioneering Northrop Grumman-built satellite designed for one purpose - to give ageing spacecraft a new lease of life.</p><p>The satellite in question is the Mission Extension Vehicle, or MEV 1, and it is the industry’s first commercial servicing mission. Its target is a 18-year-old Intelsat communications currently orbiting more than 35,000 kilometres (22,000 miles) above Earth, and it's running low on fuel.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Complete article:</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>[URL unfurl="true"]https://room.eu.com/news/the-first-satellite-servicing-spacecraft-launches-successfully[/URL]</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>admin edit - A/S - correctly attributed info from external site</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John777, post: 1078807, member: 413841"] [B][SIZE=7]The first satellite servicing spacecraft launches successfully[/SIZE][/B] As rocket launches go, the lift-off of a 58.2-metre (191-foot-tall) Russian Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan within the last hour, was not particularly eventful – thankfully – but what was interesting was its payload. Stowed onboard was a pioneering Northrop Grumman-built satellite designed for one purpose - to give ageing spacecraft a new lease of life. The satellite in question is the Mission Extension Vehicle, or MEV 1, and it is the industry’s first commercial servicing mission. Its target is a 18-year-old Intelsat communications currently orbiting more than 35,000 kilometres (22,000 miles) above Earth, and it's running low on fuel. [B]Complete article: [URL unfurl="true"]https://room.eu.com/news/the-first-satellite-servicing-spacecraft-launches-successfully[/URL] admin edit - A/S - correctly attributed info from external site[/B] [/QUOTE]
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