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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NROL-146 carries the first batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office.
SWISSto12 completed the qualification program in January 2024 and delivered the three integrated feed chains to Northrop Grumman for payload integration.
SWISSto12 developed, qualified, and delivered three fully integrated RF Antenna Feed Chains in various frequency bands for a Northrop Grumman GEOStar-3 satellite program.
The Pegasus rocket, developed by Orbital ATK, was launched by Northrop Grumman and demonstrated a gravitational drag penalty of 3.6 meters per second per kilometer at over 70 kilometers altitude.
The GEOStar-3 launch associated with the Northrop Grumman program is scheduled for later 2024.
SWISSto12’s proprietary Radio Frequency Additive Manufacturing (RFAM) processes allow design optimization to minimize size and weight while meeting the RF performance and qualification requirements established for Northrop Grumman’s GEOStar-3 program.
SWISSto12 supplied three fully integrated Radio Frequency Antenna Feed Chains to Northrop Grumman Corporation for one of Northrop Grumman’s GEOStar-3 commercial satellite programs.
SWISSto12 completed Northrop Grumman’s qualification program for the RF Antenna Feed Chains in January 2024.
St12 RF Solutions, the U.S. entity of 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 Radio Frequency Additive Manufacturing (RFAM) processes allow design optimization to minimize size and weight while meeting the RF performance and qualification requirements established for the Northrop Grumman GEOStar-3 program.
St12 RF Solutions Inc. is the US business entity of SWISSto12 that led the SatComm contract with Northrop Grumman.
The National Reconnaissance Office is preparing to launch the first phase of a new imaging satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman.
The satellites for the NRO’s new constellation were built under a classified $1,800,000,000 contract awarded by the National Reconnaissance Office in 2021 to SpaceX and Northrop Grumman.
Boeing and Northrop Grumman have been the top contenders for the ESS contract and have been developing ESS prototypes since 2020 under government contracts.
Northrop Grumman completed a capstone technology demonstration for its ESS prototype in December and is incorporating lessons learned from the rapid prototype into its ESS production proposal that it plans to deliver 2024.
Northrop Grumman is using satellite buses from Airbus for Space Development Agency work.
L3Harris Corporation will integrate NTS-3 using Northrop Grumman’s ESPAStar bus and will build on EAGLE’s flight heritage.
Mynaric was selected by Northrop Grumman as the sole supplier of optical communications terminals for the SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport and Tracking Layer programs.
Thales Alenia Space engineers are completing the Cygnus vehicle for NG-21 in clean rooms where final system verification and testing are underway for delivery to Northrop Grumman in May 2024.
The Cygnus spacecraft comprises a Service Module from Northrop Grumman and a pressurized cargo module developed and built by Thales Alenia Space.