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 Andromeda contract award includes Anduril Industries, Lockheed Martin, Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems, Northrop Grumman, L3Harris Technologies, BAE Systems, Sierra Space, Redwire, General Atomics, Astranis Space Technologies Corp., True Anomaly, Turion Space, Intuitive Machines LLC, and Quantum Space LLC.
Northrop Grumman's S.S. Steven R. Nagel cargo spacecraft was integrated inside a SpaceX payload fairing for Cygnus NG-24.
Cygnus NG-24 is a Northrop Grumman logistics mission using the Cygnus platform to transport materials, experiments, and supplies in orbit.
Northrop Grumman uses the Cygnus spacecraft platform for cargo missions to low Earth orbit.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus-XL spacecraft is encapsulated inside a payload fairing ahead of the CRS NG-24 mission to the ISS.
Northrop Grumman built the SES-18 and SES-19 C-band replacement satellites.
Northrop Grumman previously built two GEOStar satellites for the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission.
GEOStar also forms the basis of Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle and Mission Robotics Vehicle servicing vehicles.
4iG Space and Defense Technologies has signed a deal with Northrop Grumman to develop Hungary’s first communications satellite.
Northrop Grumman’s MRV servicing vehicle is equipped with robotic arms for future servicing and repair missions.
Northrop Grumman is planning to launch its MRV servicing vehicle in 2026.
Northrop Grumman’s NG-24 spacecraft is named S.S. Steven R. Nagel.
Northrop Grumman will build HUGEO as a Ka-band satellite based on its GEOStar-3 platform.
NASA has scheduled Northrop Grumman CRS-24, Northrop Grumman’s next Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station, for a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch no earlier than 8:49 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 8.
The Hungarian sovereign geosynchronous satellite is built on Northrop Grumman’s GEOStar-3 platform.
Northrop Grumman has named the CRS-24 spacecraft S.S. Steven R. Nagel in honor of former NASA astronaut Steven R. Nagel, who flew four space shuttle missions and logged more than 720 hours in space.
Northrop Grumman CRS-24 will launch a Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Northrop Grumman has started work on Hungary’s first sovereign geosynchronous satellite.
Northrop Grumman’s mission extension vehicle missions first launched in 2019.
The first Northrop Grumman mission extension vehicle completed its mission in April 2025.