
Orbital ATK [OA] announced Sept. 11 that it has begun assembling its first robotic satellite-servicing spacecraft, which it plans to launch next year.Orbital ATK conducted a critical design review of the Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) earlier this year, and its satellite manufacturing plant in Dulles, Va., has taken delivery of about 75 percent of the spacecraft’s components, the company said.The MEV-1 is slated to begin system-level testing in the spring and be launched in late 2018. Starting in early 2019,…