Date: 10/10/2019 15:49:12
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1447169
Subject: First-of-Its-Kind Satellite Servicing Spacecraft...

First-of-Its-Kind Satellite Servicing Spacecraft Launches on Russian Rocket

The robotic Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) launched atop a Russian Proton rocket today (Oct. 9) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:17 a.m. EDT (1017 GMT, 4:17 p.m. local Kazakhstan time).

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Date: 10/10/2019 16:04:43
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1447178
Subject: re: First-of-Its-Kind Satellite Servicing Spacecraft...

Tau.Neutrino said:


First-of-Its-Kind Satellite Servicing Spacecraft Launches on Russian Rocket

The robotic Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) launched atop a Russian Proton rocket today (Oct. 9) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:17 a.m. EDT (1017 GMT, 4:17 p.m. local Kazakhstan time).

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Must be a dollar in it for them

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Date: 11/10/2019 13:51:10
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1447613
Subject: re: First-of-Its-Kind Satellite Servicing Spacecraft...

Peak Warming Man said:


Tau.Neutrino said:

First-of-Its-Kind Satellite Servicing Spacecraft Launches on Russian Rocket

The robotic Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) launched atop a Russian Proton rocket today (Oct. 9) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:17 a.m. EDT (1017 GMT, 4:17 p.m. local Kazakhstan time).

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Must be a dollar in it for them

I like this idea very very much. It makes so much sense to extend the missions of existing satellites rather than send up new ones. It also makes perfect sense to do it robotically.

Just imagine the difficulty if we had to send up six Hubble space telescopes instead of one spacecraft and five servicing missions.

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