ViviSat, a joint venture between aerospace companies ATK [ATK] and U.S. Space LLC, is offering governments and private industry a free-flying satellite “jetpack” to extend the service life of commercial and national security satellites systems that have run out of station-keeping propellant. This free-flying satellite, called a Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV), works with satellites that hover in geostationary orbit, or 36,000 km above the earth’s average sea level and following the direction of the earth’s orbit. Once it reaches geostationary…
ViviSat Markets Mission Extension Vehicle To Extend Satellite Life
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