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Second Northrop Grumman Mission Extension Vehicle Launched
« on: August 18, 2020, 04:34:10 pm »
Rocket Rundown By Andrew Parsonson -August 17, 2020

A second Northrop Grumman Mission Extension Vehicle was launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket over the weekend. MEV-2 is expected to extend the lift of the Intelsat 10-02 communications satellite by at least five years.

The Ariane 5 rocket carrying the second Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-2) was launched from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana at 22:04 UTC on August 15. Following a successful launch, the spacecraft and two other payloads were deployed into orbit safely.

With its deployment complete, the MEV-2 spacecraft will now rendezvous with the Intelsat 10-02 satellite. Once there, it will dock with the 16-year-old satellite and extend its mission by 5 years. Although not the first MEV docking, it will nonetheless be unique.

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