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<blockquote data-quote="FC GD" data-source="post: 1152800" data-attributes="member: 405329">Here are some interesting news regarding MEV-1 and MEV-2Space insurers brace for more claims after propulsion trouble on four GEO satellites[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://spacenews.com/space-insurers-brace-for-more-claims-after-propulsion-trouble-on-four-geo-satellites/[/URL][ICODE]According to multiple insurance sources, Yahsat’s Al Yah 3, Avanti Communications’ Hylas 4, and Northrop Grumman’s two Mission Extension Vehicles (MEV-1 and MEV-2) are operating with reduced power to their thrusters following a problem with onboard Power Processing Units (PPUs).The PPUs from Aerojet Rocketdyne provide the electrical power their thrusters need for station-keeping in geostationary orbit (GEO). One of the sources said Al Yah 3, Hylas 4, and MEV-2 have each lost one of two onboard PPUs since the issue emerged in 2022. The youngest of these spacecraft, MEV-2, launched in 2020..[/ICODE]4 Geo satellites have problems[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://advanced-television.com/2023/10/11/4-geo-satellites-have-problems/[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FC GD, post: 1152800, member: 405329"] [B][SIZE=6]Here are some interesting news regarding MEV-1 and MEV-2[/SIZE][/B] Space insurers brace for more claims after propulsion trouble on four GEO satellites [URL unfurl="true"]https://spacenews.com/space-insurers-brace-for-more-claims-after-propulsion-trouble-on-four-geo-satellites/[/URL] [ICODE] According to multiple insurance sources, Yahsat’s Al Yah 3, Avanti Communications’ Hylas 4, and Northrop Grumman’s two Mission Extension Vehicles (MEV-1 and MEV-2) are operating with reduced power to their thrusters following a problem with onboard Power Processing Units (PPUs). The PPUs from Aerojet Rocketdyne provide the electrical power their thrusters need for station-keeping in geostationary orbit (GEO). One of the sources said Al Yah 3, Hylas 4, and MEV-2 have each lost one of two onboard PPUs since the issue emerged in 2022. The youngest of these spacecraft, MEV-2, launched in 2020. .[/ICODE] 4 Geo satellites have problems [URL unfurl="true"]https://advanced-television.com/2023/10/11/4-geo-satellites-have-problems/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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