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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Andrei Mitran, director of strategy and business development at Northrop Grumman, uses the term 'competimates' to describe other companies pursuing commercial space stations and advocates expanding the overall market to enable multiple companies to succeed.
Mynaric will provide Northrop Grumman with optical communications terminals for 14 satellites as part of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program.
Northrop Grumman is integrating the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer with its Tranche 1 Transport Layer program.
Northrop Grumman and L3Harris Technologies are each building 14 prototype missile warning and missile tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.
Mynaric revealed plans on 2022-10-18 to provide optical terminals for the satellites that Northrop Grumman is building for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.
The Space Development Agency selected Northrop Grumman as one of two prime contractors for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer in July.
Mynaric will supply 42 CONDOR Mk3 optical communication terminals to Northrop Grumman for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program.
Parallax Labs leverages Northrop Grumman’s 60-year space heritage of designing, developing, delivering, and operating mission-specific space systems.
Northrop Grumman’s GEOStar-3 satellite bus is used by commercial communications providers to deliver communications services.
Northrop Grumman has multiple payloads scheduled to launch through the end of 2022 supporting missions in human exploration, scientific discovery, communications, and national security.
Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 are the 12th and 13th geostationary telecommunications satellites that Northrop Grumman has manufactured for Intelsat.
Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 are C-band communications satellites built by Northrop Grumman for Intelsat.
Northrop Grumman manufactured the Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 satellites.
Northrop Grumman has delivered more than 40 geostationary telecommunications satellites for operators around the globe.
Northrop Grumman manufactured Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 using its flight-proven GEOStar™ platform.
The Space Force conducted the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) mission in June 2021 using Northrop Grumman’s air-launched Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, with Northrop Grumman given 21 days’ notice to prepare for launch.
Northrop Grumman built Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34.
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are procuring satellite buses from partner companies and integrating them for their SDA contracts.
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will supply the remaining Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites not produced by York Space Systems.
Firefly intends to work with Northrop Grumman on how to meet national security space requirements for NSSL Phase 3.