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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This mission is designated NG-11 and is the last Northrop Grumman mission under the company’s original Commercial Resupply Services contract awarded by NASA in 2008.
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched a Cygnus spacecraft on 2019-04-17.
Northrop Grumman aims to keep the NG-11 Cygnus in orbit at least until after the launch of the NG-12 Cygnus sometime in the fall to demonstrate operating two Cygnus spacecraft simultaneously from the same control center.
The Northrop Grumman Cygnus mission designated NG-11 is scheduled to launch at 4:46 p.m. Eastern on 2019-04-17 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia on an Antares rocket.
Northrop Grumman plans to keep the NG-11 Cygnus in orbit for months to test its ability to serve as a free-flying research platform instead of deorbiting within weeks of departing the station.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance and Northrop Grumman were awarded a total of $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement (LSA) funding in October to develop next-generation rockets and supporting infrastructure.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance and Northrop Grumman are developing new vehicles that are not expected to fly until 2021.
Stratolaunch currently plans to launch Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL from the aircraft.
ILS has one mission planned 2019: a Proton dual launch carrying the Eutelsat 5 West B communications satellite and Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle 1.
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems is preparing to launch MEV-1, its first Mission Extension Vehicle, 2019 on an International Launch Services Proton rocket.
United Launch Alliance selected Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems) in 2015 to provide GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters for Vulcan.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman were chosen in October by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to share $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding.
Before the Launch Service Agreement award, Northrop Grumman and the Air Force had invested more than $300,000,000 in developing OmegA.
Northrop Grumman received a $792,000,000 Launch Service Agreement in October to share the cost of developing OmegA to carry military satellites.
Northrop Grumman is eligible to receive up to $792,000,000 from the Air Force to support development of the OmegA solid-fueled rocket.
The Air Force made Launch Service Agreement cost-sharing awards in October to Blue Origin’s New Glenn ($500,000,000), Northrop Grumman’s OmegA ($792,000,000), and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur ($967,000,000).
The Next-Gen OPIR RDT&E request includes $107,000,000 for two polar-orbiting satellites to be made by Northrop Grumman.
The 2020 budget requests $427,000,000 for recapitalization of the Northrop Grumman-led Enhanced Polar Satcom system.
2019-04-01 was scheduled to be a busy month at the station with a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft launching on 2019-04-04, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft arriving 2019-04-17, and a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft arriving in late 2019-04-01.
Northrop Grumman received an LSA award of $792,000,000 for OmegA.