{"id":53232,"date":"2023-06-20T19:35:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T11:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/intelsat-orders-fourth-satellite-extension-mission-from-northrop-grumman\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T19:35:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T11:35:48","slug":"intelsat-orders-fourth-satellite-extension-mission-from-northrop-grumman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/intelsat-orders-fourth-satellite-extension-mission-from-northrop-grumman\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelsat Orders Fourth Satellite-Extension Mission from Northrop Grumman"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intelsat<\/strong> has ordered another Mission Extension Pod (MEP) from <strong>Northrop Grumman<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>SpaceLogistics<\/strong>, the fourth mission-extending deal that the operator has done with Northrop Grumman.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This follows after Intelsat ordered its first MEP earlier this year. Intelsat hasn\u2019t specified which satellites will receive the pods, but both will be paired with satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO) as early as 2026, to extend satellite service for at least six years. The MEP is a propulsion augmentation device that is installed via a Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) on a client satellite running low on fuel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntelsat is the industry leader in space sustainability and SpaceLogistics is a vital part of that,\u201d said Intelsat CTO Bruno Fromont. \u201cWe continue to look for ways to provide the best services to our customers as well as remain good stewards of the space environment. This commitment continues to build our unique self-insurance capabilities in space and is another step towards unlocking the potential of future in-orbit service applications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Intelsat and Northrop Grumman made history in 2020 when the SpaceLogistics\u2019 Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-1) performed the first-ever in-orbit commercial spacecraft docking with Intelsat 901. A second MEV began providing similar life-extension services for Intelsat 10-02 in 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intelsat has ordered another Mission Extension Pod (MEP) from Northrop Grumman\u2019s SpaceLogistics, the fourth mission-extending deal that the operator has done with Northrop Grumman.&nbsp; This follows after Intelsat ordered its first MEP earlier this year. Intelsat hasn\u2019t specified which satellites will receive the pods, but both will be paired with satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}