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 Space and Missile Systems Center on 2021-04-22 identified Boeing and Northrop Grumman as the only contractors advancing to the next phase of the PTS program.
The program office selected Boeing and Northrop Grumman to complete design, build, test, and ultimately launch two payloads for on-orbit demonstrations and residual operations.
Northrop Grumman Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary SpaceLogistics LLC completed docking of the Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) to the Intelsat 10-02 (IS-10-02) commercial communications satellite on 2021-04-12 at 1:34 p.m. EDT.
Northrop Grumman is developing Mission Extension Pods (MEPs) using model-based systems engineering to provide life extension services to aging satellites.
Northrop Grumman released an image of Intelsat 10-02 taken by MEV-2’s infrared wide field of view camera from 15 m away.
Northrop Grumman plans for the MRV to launch in 2024 to carry out repairs, provide in-orbit services, and relocate satellites.
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a contract last year to develop a separate mission robotic vehicle called the MRV.
Space Logistics, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, was contracted by Intelsat (the operator at 1° West) to deploy MEV-2 to prolong the operational life of THOR 10-02 because the satellite’s on-board propellant was due to run out toward the end of 2021.
Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) is performing a proximity operations mission to Intelsat 10-02.
Northrop Grumman intends to release an update once MEV-2 completes docking with Intelsat-10-02.
Northrop Grumman’s MEV-2 satellite servicer is performing close-proximity operations with Intelsat’s in-orbit Intelsat-10-02 spacecraft ahead of a docking attempt.
On 2021-03-04, NASA awarded Northrop Grumman a contract worth up to $84,500,000 to provide the propulsion for the Mars Ascent Vehicle that will carry cached samples from the Martian surface into orbit.
Space Vector and Northrop Grumman received a combined $424,000,000 multiple-award contract to launch sounding rockets over seven years.
The NG-16 Cygnus cargo mission will launch on a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia.
Northrop Grumman’s NG-16 Cygnus cargo mission will carry the Space Development Agency Prototype Infrared Payload to the International Space Station in July.
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Northrop Grumman and L3Harris contracts to build sensor satellites to be deployed in low Earth orbit in July 2023.
Northrop Grumman received a $13,800,000 contract in June from the Space Development Agency for the Prototype Infrared Payload experiment.
Millennium Engineering and Integration won an estimated $55,000,000 contract in 2018 for engineering services related to certification of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan and Northrop Grumman’s OmegA launch vehicles.
The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched 30 ThinSats on 2021-02-20 as part of a STEM program associated with a Cygnus cargo mission to the International Space Station.
The Northrop Grumman NG-15 Cygnus spacecraft berthed with the International Space Station on 2021-02-22.