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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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) completed a Critical Design Review for Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A) under a contract with U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific on behalf of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to support operation of legacy and future missile-warning satellites.
The Space Development Agency also ordered 36 Transport Layer Tranche 2 Beta satellites from Northrop Grumman.
NOAA announced in December plans to launch an Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder engineering development unit refurbished by Northrop Grumman on a commercial satellite bus for QuickSounder.
The 72 Beta satellites ordered from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman carry more complex communications payloads.
Transport Layer Tranche 2 includes 72 Beta satellites that were ordered from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
The affected satellites were built at Northrop Grumman’s facility between 2018 and 2020.
Northrop Grumman built the affected satellites using its Orbital ATK-heritage GEOStar-3 platform.
Voyager Space and Northrop Grumman’s teaming follows Voyager Space and Airbus forming a transatlantic joint venture to develop and operate the Starlab space station intended to ensure a continued human presence in low Earth orbit and launch before the ISS is decommissioned.
Under the teaming agreement, Northrop Grumman will perform services to upgrade its flight-proven Cygnus cargo vehicle with a fully autonomous docking system to support Starlab missions.
Yahsat’s Al Yah 3, Avanti Communications’ Hylas 4, and Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicles MEV-1 and MEV-2 are operating with reduced power to their thrusters following a problem with onboard Power Processing Units.
MEV-1 and MEV-2 are operated by Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics in-orbit-servicing subsidiary and are extending the missions of two Intelsat satellites they are attached to in geostationary orbit.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft will be used to deliver pressurized cargo to Starlab over an initial five-year period to support future human spaceflight missions.
Northrop Grumman and Voyager Space announced a partnership on 2023-10-04 to work together on a commercial space station project.
Under the teaming agreement, Northrop Grumman will perform services to upgrade its flight-proven Cygnus cargo vehicle with a fully autonomous docking system to support Starlab missions.
Voyager Space will enter a teaming agreement with Northrop Grumman to develop fully autonomous rendezvous and docking technology for Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft and provide cargo resupply services for the Starlab space station.
Under the teaming agreement Northrop Grumman will upgrade its flight-proven Cygnus cargo vehicle with a fully autonomous docking system to support Starlab missions.
Voyager Space will enter a teaming agreement with Northrop Grumman to develop fully autonomous rendezvous and docking technology for Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft and to provide cargo resupply services for the Starlab space station.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft will deliver pressurized cargo to Starlab over an initial five-year period to support future human spaceflight missions.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft will deliver pressurized cargo to Starlab over an initial five-year period to support future human spaceflight missions.
Northrop Grumman may provide engineering design services to Voyager Space to support development of the Starlab space station.