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The Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) is a spacecraft that extends the functional lifetime of another spacecraft through on-orbit satellite servicing. They are 2010s-design small-scale in-space satellite-refueling spacecraft first launched in 2019. The MEV spacecraft grew out of a concept proposed in 2011 by ViviSat, a 50/50 joint venture of aerospace firms US Space and Alliant Techsystems (ATK). The joint venture was created in 2010 for the purpose of designing, producing and operating the MEV program.

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Launch

Launch date
January 18, 2019 at 12:50 AM UTC
Launch site
Uchinoura, Japan
Launched by
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Operator
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Mission
RAPIS-1 & others
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
142 km
Periapsis
129 km
Inclination
97.04°
Orbital period
87.2 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Vietnam National Space Center
Manufacturer
Built by Vietnamese engineers studying in Japan.
Users
Government
Launch mass
51 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2019-003D
NORAD catalog №
43935
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
VietnamVietnam
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 1, 2024

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 1, 2024
Time in service
5.7 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed