{"id":563950,"date":"2026-07-23T08:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/563950\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:22:08","slug":"northrop-grumman-launches-mission-to-extend-life-of-optus-d3-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/563950\/","title":{"rendered":"Northrop Grumman launches mission to extend life of Optus D3 satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Northrop Grumman launches mission to extend life of Optus D3 satellite<\/p>\n<p class=\"is-abstract line-clamp-2\" data-v-1e217f04=\"\">\n        Northrop Grumman has successfully launched its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV), carrying the Mission Extension Pod (MEP) that will be used to extend the operational life of Optus&#8217;s D3 communications satellite. The MRV launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on 22 July and is carrying three customer-owned MEPs, including one allocated to Optus D3. Developed by Northrop Grumman subsidiary SpaceLogistics, the spacecraft is designed to install the propulsion pods on satellites in geostationar\n      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northrop Grumman launches mission to extend life of Optus D3 satellite Northrop Grumman has successfully launched its Mission&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[61,60,82],"class_list":["post-563950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}