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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NG-20 was the first mission to use a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch a Northrop Grumman Cygnus module.
Northrop procured three Falcon 9 launches for Cygnus while it works with Firefly Aerospace on the Antares 330 rocket.
Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics subsidiary has docked twice with client Intelsat satellites in geostationary orbit approximately 22,0 m above Earth to extend spacecraft life.
The HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 project will launch to the space station on Northrop Grumman’s 20th Commercial Resupply Services (NG-20) mission.
The geosynchronous tanker, named Geosynchronous Auxiliary Support Tanker (GAS-T), will be built on a Northrop Grumman ESPAStar-D ring-shaped bus weighing nearly 2,000 kg.
Northrop Grumman secured a Space Force contract of undisclosed value to develop a dedicated geosynchronous-orbit tanker satellite that would deliver fuel in space.
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, 2024-01-30, for a Falcon 9 launch of Northrop Grumman’s 20th Commercial Resupply Services mission (NG-20) to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Space Systems Command will support Northrop Grumman’s development of an orbital fuel tanker for geosynchronous orbit missions that would carry up to 1,000 kg of hydrazine fuel.
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense is providing 58 upgraded Arrow450 satellites out of AOS for Northrop Grumman for the Space Development Agency Tranche 1 tracking and transport layers.
Northrop Grumman is working with Firefly Aerospace to replace the Ukrainian-built Antares first stage powered by Russian engines with a stage developed by Firefly using its own engines.
Northrop Grumman plans to launch at least three Cygnus missions on Falcon 9 rockets while developing a new Antares first stage with Firefly Aerospace.
When Sounding Rocket Program-4 started in 2018, Space Vector and Northrop Grumman won seven-year IDIQ contracts for the program.
All previous Cygnus missions launched on Northrop Grumman’s Antares launch vehicle except two missions that launched on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V after an Antares launch failure in 2014.
NASA awarded Northrop Grumman a $935,000,000 fixed-price contract in July 2021 to build the HALO module.
Northrop Grumman disclosed a $42,000,000 unfavorable EAC (estimate at completion) adjustment on its contract to build the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module for NASA’s lunar Gateway in its fourth quarter and full year 2023 earnings release on 2024-01-25.
Northrop Grumman is taking a more cautious approach to firm fixed-price contracts, including declining to bid if a customer chose fixed price or offering prices it considered fair and reasonable, as exemplified by its response to SDA Tranche 2.
Northrop Grumman won a contract in 2022 to provide some satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 1.
Northrop Grumman recorded a $36,000,000 charge on the HALO contract in the second quarter of 2023.
Northrop Grumman’s total losses for the year on the HALO program reached $100,000,000.
NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting 12:29 p.m. EST on Monday, 2024-01-29 for a launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.