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Northrop Grumman

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Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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The Grumman Beam Builder was designed to be carried in the Space Shuttle payload bay and fabricate triangular truss beams of aluminum alloy up to 300 meters (984 feet) long.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJul 21, 2025Beams in the sky, part 1: the Grumman Beam Builder

Grumman built a ground demonstration Beam Builder unit that was delivered to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama in 1978 for testing.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 21, 2025Beams in the sky, part 1: the Grumman Beam Builder

Grumman delivered a ground demonstration unit of the Beam Builder to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama in 1978 for testing.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 21, 2025Beams in the sky, part 1: the Grumman Beam Builder

Grumman’s ground demonstration Beam Builder manufactured 1.5-meter-long bays and produced beams composed of 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, and 12 bays during testing.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 21, 2025Beams in the sky, part 1: the Grumman Beam Builder

The Grumman Beam Builder ground demonstration unit measured 4.26 by 3.35 by 2.74 meters (14 by 11 by 9 feet) and weighed 9,979 kilograms (22,000 pounds).

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJul 21, 2025Beams in the sky, part 1: the Grumman Beam Builder

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. received a $222.5 million life extension contract for DSP in June 2020.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanOrg RelationshipJun 2, 2025The origins and evolution of the Defense Support Program (part 4): DSP forever?

Northrop Grumman nearly doubled its satellite manufacturing facility in Gilbert, Arizona to meet the demand for ESPA orders.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductApr 21, 2025Anything but expendable (part 3)

NROL-126, launched on 2024-11-30, was the fifth launch of the NRO’s proliferated architecture of imaging satellites built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 17, 2024SpaceX’s foggy Tuesday launch of NROL-149 mission

Northrop Grumman described its efforts to make the Mars Ascent Vehicle smaller at the ASCEND conference.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 16, 2024The future of robotic Mars exploration

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract extension from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command for Phase 2 of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar (NGP) program.

Mentioned as: Northrop Grumman CorporationTechnical ProductDec 11, 2024Northrop Grumman’s missile-warning satellites for Next-Gen Polar Program proceed to manufacturing

The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) is being built by Northrop Grumman to spot objects in geosynchronous orbit for the United States and its allies.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductDec 11, 2024Space Force’s first Silent Barker satellites to go live in early 2025

Constellr’s first thermal infrared imaging sensor traveled to the International Space Station in 2022 on a Northrop Grumman resupply mission.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductDec 9, 2024DLR awards multiyear contract to constellr

Northrop Grumman’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Rapid Prototype (PTS-RP) is built to deliver seamless, real-time connectivity to the warfighter under advanced jamming threats.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 4, 2024Northrop Grumman completes activation of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission capabilities

The EPS-R payloads are operated by the Northrop Grumman-led Control and Planning Segment ground system upgraded with a common baseline software to operate both EPS and EPS-R.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductDec 4, 2024Northrop Grumman completes activation of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission capabilities

Northrop Grumman provided two GEOStar-3 satellites for the ASBM mission in addition to payload development, integration, testing, launch support, and early mission operations for Space Norway.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductDec 4, 2024Northrop Grumman completes activation of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission capabilities

Northrop Grumman has developed, built, and delivered protected MILSATCOM payloads for every protected MILSATCOM program since the Milstar program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 4, 2024Northrop Grumman completes activation of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission capabilities

NROL-126 was the fifth launch of the National Reconnaissance Office’s proliferated architecture of imaging satellites built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductDec 2, 2024SpaceX launches secret NROL-126 mission, the second launch from two coasts on Saturday

The RSGS payload is planned to launch in 2026 on Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotics Vehicle spacecraft bus.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 18, 2024DARPA’s Robots to the Rescue: Transforming Satellite Maintenance in Space

Northrop Grumman built the Optus X geostationary communications satellite for Australian operator Optus.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductNov 17, 2024Australia’s Optus X payload or TD7 satellite on secret mission is launched by SpaceX from Florida

Under a 2023 launch agreement, SpaceX will provide launch services for a planned 2024 launch of Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) and several Mission Extension Pods (MEPs).

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 17, 2024Australia’s Optus X payload or TD7 satellite on secret mission is launched by SpaceX from Florida
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