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Northrop Grumman

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Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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Work on the James Webb Space Telescope Phase E – Operations and Sustainment contract will be performed at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, and at Northrop Grumman’s facility.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 15, 2022NASA awards contract for Webb Telescope operations maintenance

Northrop Grumman's Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research (SSPIDR) Project is working towards transmitting solar energy from space to Earth.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 15, 2022Northrop Grumman is turning science fiction into science fact by transmitting solar energy from space to Earth

In the interim during the Antares hiatus, Northrop Grumman will launch Cygnus missions on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets from Florida.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 15, 2022Wallops officials look for growth in launch activity with Rocket Lab

Wallops currently hosts two Northrop Grumman Antares launches per year and an occasional Minotaur launch by Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 14, 2022NASA and Rocket Lab ready for first Electron launch from Wallops

Northrop Grumman agreed to buy at least three Falcon 9 launches to fly Cygnus cargo spacecraft as a stopgap between Antares retirement and a new version developed with Firefly Aerospace.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 12, 2022Elon’s Twitter dilemma

Northrop Grumman supplied twin solid rocket boosters that provided more than 75% of thrust at SLS launch and provided the abort motor and attitude control motor for Orion’s Launch Abort System.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 11, 2022UPDATE 6: NASA’s Artemis I mission draws to a successful close

York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman are each building 42 satellites projected to launch in September 2024 for Transport Layer Tranche 1.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 9, 2022Space Development Agency’s first launch slips to March due to satellite glitch

Northrop Grumman built the EPS-R payloads at its Space Park campus in Redondo Beach, California.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralNov 28, 2022Space Force delivers final payload for Space Norway’s arctic broadband mission

Boeing’s and Northrop Grumman’s prototype PTS payloads will operate in geosynchronous Earth orbit to be compatible with military terminals that use stationary antennas pointed at GEO satellites.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductNov 15, 2022Boeing’s anti-jam satellite communications payload on track for 2024 launch

Boeing and Northrop Grumman won separate 2020 contracts worth $191,000,000 and $253 million, respectively, to design PTS payloads.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 15, 2022Boeing’s anti-jam satellite communications payload on track for 2024 launch

Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicles are extending the lives of two Intelsat satellites, IS-901 and IS-10-02, under five-year agreements that began in 2020 and 2021, respectively.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralNov 14, 2022ClearSpace announces life extension collaboration with Intelsat

SpaceLogistics, Northrop Grumman’s satellite-servicing subsidiary, plans to send a Mission Robotic Vehicle to an Optus satellite in 2024 to install propulsion jet packs using a robotic arm.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative PlanNov 14, 2022ClearSpace announces life extension collaboration with Intelsat

DARPA partnered with SpaceLogistics, a Northrop Grumman company, in 2020 so SpaceLogistics would provide the spacecraft bus, launch, and operations in exchange for commercial use of the robotic payload on-orbit.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 12, 2022DARPA’s robotic servicing of GEO sats demo mission aims for a 2024 launch + Naval Research Lab + SpaceLogistics project involvement

Northrop Grumman's NG-18 Cygnus spacecraft, launched 2022-11-07, failed to deploy one of its two solar arrays after reaching orbit.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralNov 11, 2022JPSS-2 deploys solar array after delay

Northrop Grumman provided hardware and software platforms on USSF-44 to deliver multiple missions for customers including highly complex payloads from multiple industry partners.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 10, 2022Northrop Grumman Supports Successful Launch and Deployment of USSF-44 Mission

Northrop Grumman built JPSS-2 and holds contracts to build JPSS-3 and JPSS-4 to provide continuity for the JPSS program into the 2030s.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanOrg RelationshipNov 10, 2022Atlas 5 launches weather satellite, reentry tech demo mission

The LDPE-2 spacecraft on USSF-44 consists of an ESPAStar satellite built in Northrop Grumman’s Gilbert, Arizona satellite facility.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductNov 10, 2022Northrop Grumman Supports Successful Launch and Deployment of USSF-44 Mission

LDPE-2 was built using a Northrop Grumman ESPAStar bus which serves as a rideshare service for a variety of payloads.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductNov 10, 2022Northrop Grumman Supports Successful Launch and Deployment of USSF-44 Mission

The USSF-44 mission is one of several Northrop Grumman payloads set to launch through the end of 2022 supporting customer missions that span human exploration, scientific discovery, communications, and national security.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 10, 2022Northrop Grumman Supports Successful Launch and Deployment of USSF-44 Mission

The JPSS satellites use the latest version of Northrop Grumman’s LEOStar-3 spacecraft bus with upgraded avionics, sensors, reaction wheels, and star trackers.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 10, 2022Atlas 5 launches weather satellite, reentry tech demo mission
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