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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The U.S. Space Force has ordered two additional GSSAP satellites (GSSAP 7 and GSSAP 8) from Northrop Grumman.
ASBM uses the Northrop Grumman GEOStar-3 platform as its satellite bus.
The Space Development Agency has ordered 56 satellites from Northrop Grumman.
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris are building Space Development Agency satellites using commercial buses from Terran Orbital, Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, and Maxar Technologies, respectively.
ASBM uses the Northrop Grumman GEOStar-3 platform, which includes the main satellite structure and systems for power, propulsion, communications, command and data handling, thermal control, and guidance and navigational control.
Northrop Grumman plans to retire the Antares 230+ rocket and replace it with a new Antares 330 rocket in mid-2025.
The Tranche 1 Transport Layer will consist of 126 satellites and will include spacecraft manufactured by Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems.
The Cygnus launch was the 19th mission under a series of contracts with Northrop Grumman.
Northrop Grumman successfully launched a Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the ISS, delivering over 3,750 kilograms of supplies.
Northrop Grumman is leveraging Cygnus as a key part of its proposed commercial space station, which was one of three entities that won funded Space Act Agreements in late 2021 through NASA’s Commercial LEO Destinations program for initial design work.
Northrop Grumman received a separate unfunded Space Act Agreement in June for a Persistent Platform version of Cygnus designed to host uncrewed payloads.
Northrop Grumman is planning upgrades to its Cygnus cargo vehicle, including increased payload capacity, to support the International Space Station and future commercial space stations.
Northrop Grumman Corporation opened a Hypersonics Capability Center in Elkton, Maryland to produce advanced propulsion solutions that can power hypersonic missiles beyond Mach 5.
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft launched from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is en route to the International Space Station with more than 3,719 kg of NASA science investigations and cargo.
NASA issued funded Space Act Agreements in late 2021 to teams led by Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and Voyager Space to support initial design work on commercial station concepts.
The SRM2 development motor was tested on 2023-03-29 at the Northrop Grumman facility in Elkton, Maryland.
Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket launched the S.S. Laurel Clark Cygnus spacecraft on 2023-08-01 from Wallops Island, Virginia for cargo delivery to the International Space Station.
Northrop Grumman partnered with Firefly Aerospace in August 2022 to develop the Antares 330 rocket using a domestically manufactured first stage and engines.
Northrop Grumman plans to return Cygnus launches to Wallops for NG-23 and subsequent missions on Antares 330.
Northrop Grumman completed a launch readiness review for the NG-19 mission on 2023-07-30 and approved plans to launch the Cygnus spacecraft on 2023-08-01 at 8:31 p.m. Eastern from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia.