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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Orbital ATK unveiled plans in 2016 to develop a solid-fueled heavy-lift launch vehicle intended for U.S. national security satellite launches.
Northrop Grumman lost to United Launch Alliance and SpaceX in Phase 2 of the National Security Space Launch program in 2020.
Carlos Niederstrasser of Northrop Grumman has produced an annual survey of the small launch industry since 2015 tracking development efforts worldwide.
Northrop Grumman developed an infrared camera called the Prototype Infrared Payload (PIRPL) that is flying on the NG-16 Cygnus for the Missile Defense Agency and Space Development Agency.
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft launched from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Tuesday, 2021-08-10.
A Northrop Grumman Antares 230+ rocket launched the NG-16 Cygnus cargo spacecraft on 2021-08-10 from Pad 0A at the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia.
Northrop Grumman’s 16th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA is delivering more than 3,719 kg of science investigations, crew supplies, and vehicle hardware to the International Space Station.
Northrop Grumman Corporation will launch the 16th resupply mission (NG-16) to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contract.
Among the science payloads on Cygnus NG-16 is PIRPL, a 110-pound multispectral infrared imaging camera manufactured by Northrop Grumman.
The U.S. Space Force previously awarded the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 mission on OSP-4 to Northrop Grumman.
The U.S. Space Force awarded an OSP-4 contract for the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 mission to Northrop Grumman.
LDPE uses Northrop Grumman’s ESPAStar bus, which is optimized for geostationary orbit but can also be used for low and medium Earth orbit.
L3Harris is producing NTS-3 using a Northrop Grumman ESPAStar bus.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus NG-16 spacecraft is scheduled to launch on 2021-08-10 on a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Cygnus NG-16 will launch on a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
The Space and Missile Systems Center Launch Enterprise initially awarded the OSP-4 contract in October 2019 to Aevum, Firefly Black, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Rocket Lab USA, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., United Launch Alliance, VOX Space, and X-Bow Launch Systems.
The OSP-4 contract vehicle was created in October 2019 and initially selected eight companies: Aevum, Firefly, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, VOX Space, and X-Bow Launch.
A new sensor payload developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation and Ball Aerospace to detect missile launches passed a critical design review on 2021-08-05.
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Ball Aerospace completed the Critical Design Review for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous (GEO) mission payload.
The Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace payload is one of two being manufactured for the U.S. Space Force’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared geosynchronous satellites made by Lockheed Martin.