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ViviSat Launching First Vehicle for In-Orbit Servicing in 2018

ViviSat Launching First Vehicle for In-Orbit Servicing in 2018

ViviSat, with Orbital ATK [OA] at the helm, plans to launch its first Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) in late 2018 to embark on commercial in-orbit servicing.Orbital ATK is taking the largest of four previously-announced term-sheet agreements and converting it into a five year contract for life extension of a geostationary satellite that would otherwise run out of fuel and need to deorbit.ViviSat’s MEVs are the culmination of roughly five years of technology development performed by Orbital ATK and its predecessors…

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