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January 27, 2022

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[ January 27, 2022 ] Live coverage: SpaceX scrubs launch of Italian radar satellite Falcon 9
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[ January 26, 2022 ] SpaceX ready to launch Italian radar remote sensing satellite Falcon 9
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Orbital ATK books Proton rocket for first commercial satellite servicing mission

October 14, 2016

Armed with capital and an anchor customer for a trailblazing satellite life extension service, Orbital ATK has signed a contract to loft its first robotic servicing tug aboard a Russian Proton rocket in 2018 on a shared launch with a Eutelsat communications satellite.