Northrop Grumman has launched a sophisticated robotic spacecraft designed to service satellites in orbit, potentially allowing expensive space assets to be repaired, upgraded, moved and kept operational long after their original fuel supplies have been depleted.
The company’s Mission Robotic Vehicle, or MRV, launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 21 alongside three smaller Mission Extension Pods.
Equipped with two fully articulated robotic arms, the MRV is essentially a mobile robot mechanic for satellites operating thousands of miles above Earth. [Read more…] about Northrop Grumman launches robotic spacecraft to repair and extend life of satellites