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MEV-1 service spacecraft makes history with first undocking of two commercial satellites in geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) – heralding a new age of commercial space operations.


Northrop Grumman has written a new line in the history books, the company's Mission Extension Vehicle 1 (MEV-1) executing the first undocking of two commercial satellites in geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) – heralding a new age of commercial space operations.

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