{"id":199540,"date":"2024-11-15T17:23:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T23:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/northrop-grumman-eyes-2026-launch-of-robot-armed-satellite-servicer"},"modified":"2024-11-15T17:23:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T23:23:04","slug":"northrop-grumman-eyes-2026-launch-of-robot-armed-satellite-servicer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/northrop-grumman-eyes-2026-launch-of-robot-armed-satellite-servicer","title":{"rendered":"Northrop Grumman eyes 2026 launch of robot-armed satellite servicer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/northrop-grumman-eyes-2026-launch-of-robot-armed-satellite-servicer.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Northrop Grumman\u2019s SpaceLogistics subsidiary is eyeing a 2026 launch for its next-generation satellite servicing vehicle, the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV). Equipped with robotic arms developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), the MRV aims to extend the lifespan of satellites in geostationary orbit more than 22,500 miles above Earth.<\/p>\n<p>NRL announced Nov. 14 that the pair of robotic arms completed crucial thermal vacuum testing and are now at Northrop\u2019s satellite integration facility in Dulles, Virginia. The arms were developed under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis robotic payload promises to transform satellite operations in geostationary orbit, reduce costs for satellite operators, and enable capabilities well beyond what we have today,\u201d said NRL\u2019s director of research Bruce Danly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Northrop Grumman\u2019s SpaceLogistics subsidiary is eyeing a 2026 launch for its next-generation satellite servicing vehicle, the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV). Equipped with robotic arms developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), the MRV aims to extend the lifespan of satellites in geostationary orbit more than 22,500 miles above Earth. NRL announced Nov. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}