Northrop Grumman is a prominent American multinational aerospace and defense company deeply involved in the space industry. As a space technology and launch systems provider, they manufacture spacecraft, satellites, and precision sensors. They are a major partner with NASA, providing cargo delivery to the International Space Station (ISS) through their Cygnus spacecraft and contributing to projects like the James Webb Space Telescope. Northrop Grumman is also involved in developing advanced autonomous systems for military and commercial applications.
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Spaceborne Computer-2’s latest version, officially called Spaceborne Computer-2 and informally known as Spaceborne-2.5, traveled to the International Space Station on 2024-01-30 via a Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply flight.
NASA awarded three contracts on 2024-05-31 with a combined value of $17,500,000 to BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman to work on concepts such as ultra-stable optics and a deployable baffle for the Habitable Worlds Observatory.
Northrop Grumman designed a dedicated PTS-R satellite built on an ESPAStar-HP bus.
Boeing and Northrop Grumman won contracts in 2020 to develop PTS-R prototype payloads for on-orbit demonstrations planned for fiscal year 2025.
Northrop Grumman’s MEV-2 has been fueling the 10-02 satellite since becoming the first servicer to dock with an in-service geosynchronous commercial satellite in 2021.
Both Northrop Grumman MEVs deployed for Intelsat have been successful at their mission and have allowed IS-10-02 and Intelsat 901 (IS-901) to provide five years of service beyond their expected lifespans.
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Common 50 High Performance (C50HP) solid rocket motor completed a static fire test at the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Complex.
Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) technology enabled Intelsat 10-02 and Intelsat 901 to provide five years of service beyond each satellite’s expected lifespan.
Intelsat will deliver an expected additional nine years of life to the Intelsat 10-02 (IS-10-02) geosynchronous satellite using Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV).
Intelsat committed in 2020 to deploying two of Northrop Grumman’s MEVs to extend the life of otherwise healthy satellites.
Intelsat committed in 2020 to deploying two of Northrop Grumman’s MEVs to extend the life of otherwise healthy satellites.
Northrop Grumman’s MEV is expected to provide an additional nine years of life to the Intelsat 10-02 (IS-10-02) geosynchronous satellite.
NROL-146 is the National Reconnaissance Office’s first deployment of a new imaging satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman.
NROL-146 is the first batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office.
The NROL-146 mission will deploy the first batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office.
SWISSto12 developed, qualified, and delivered three fully integrated RF Antenna Feed Chains in various bands for a Northrop Grumman commercial GEOStar-3 satellite program.
SWISSto12’s proprietary Radio Frequency Additive Manufacturing (RFAM) processes enable design optimization to minimize size and weight while meeting the RF performance and qualification requirements established for Northrop Grumman’s commercial GEOStar-3 program.
Northrop Grumman won a DARPA grant to study a lunar railroad network for transporting humans, supplies, and resources across the lunar surface.
The Northrop lunar railroad project is part of the 10-Year Lunar Architecture Capability Study, or LunA-10, at DARPA.
Northrop Grumman developed the EPS-R program and provided the EPS emblem.