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Northrop Grumman

US
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Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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Northrop Grumman Corporation opened the Maryland Space Assembly and Test (MSAT) 2 facility at its Baltimore campus.

Mentioned as: Northrop Grumman CorporationTechnical ProductSep 22, 2022Northrop Grumman Opens Maryland Space Assembly and Test (MSAT) 2 facility in Baltimore

Masten Space Systems developed vertical takeoff and landing rockets and won more than $1,000,000 in 2009 in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 21, 2022Lander companies prepare to shoot for the moon

L3Harris is building a navigation satellite for the U.S. Air Force using a Northrop Grumman bus that is projected to launch in 2023.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 21, 2022L3Harris’ missile-tracking satellites will use a newly designed Maxar bus

L3Harris and Northrop Grumman were selected by the U.S. Space Development Agency to each produce 14 missile-tracking satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 1.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 21, 2022L3Harris’ missile-tracking satellites will use a newly designed Maxar bus

The new MSAT2 facility expands Northrop Grumman’s presence at its more than one million square foot Baltimore campus.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductSep 19, 2022Northrop Grumman introduces their new Advanced Space Assembly + Test facility

Northrop Grumman plans to expand capabilities with an additional demonstration later 2022.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 19, 2022Northrop Grumman and Cubic demonstrate JADC2 connectivity

Northrop Grumman opened the Maryland Space Assembly and Test 2 (MSAT2) facility at its Baltimore campus on 2022-09-19.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 19, 2022Northrop Grumman introduces their new Advanced Space Assembly + Test facility

Firefly Space Transport Services is evaluating reusability for the company’s Alpha vehicle and the future Medium Launch Vehicle to be developed with Northrop Grumman based on business case and customer demand.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 16, 2022Rocket Lab launches Japanese radar imaging satellite on 30th Electron mission

Masten won first prize in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander XCHALLENGE in 2009.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralSep 15, 2022Astrobotic Announces the Acquisition of Masten Space Systems

Masten won first prize in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander XCHALLENGE in 2009.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralSep 13, 2022Astrobotic Acquires Masten Space Systems

Masten won first prize in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander XCHALLENGE in 2009.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralSep 13, 2022Astrobotic acquires Masten Space Systems

The Firefly–Northrop Grumman collaboration will provide American-built engines to replace the Russian-made RD-181 engines.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative PlanSep 2, 2022New CEO named by Firefly Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace has partnered with Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new medium-lift launch vehicle to serve commercial, civil, and national security space launch markets.

Mentioned as: Northrop Grumman CorporationOrg RelationshipSep 2, 2022New CEO named by Firefly Aerospace

Northrop Grumman developed the EPS-R payloads that will fly to highly elliptical orbits on two ASBM satellites projected to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 1, 2022Space Force building ground station in Alaska ahead of launch of Arctic satcom mission

Firefly Aerospace partnered with Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new medium-lift launch vehicle.

Mentioned as: Northrop Grumman CorporationOrg RelationshipSep 1, 2022Firefly Aerospace Names Bill Weber as CEO

The Firefly–Northrop Grumman collaboration will provide American-built engines to replace Russian-made RD-181 engines.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative PlanSep 1, 2022Firefly Aerospace Names Bill Weber as CEO

Firefly Aerospace announced an agreement with Northrop Grumman to partner on the Antares 330, which will use a new first stage provided by Firefly to replace the existing Antares first stage built in Ukraine and using Russian engines.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative PlanSep 1, 2022Firefly hires new CEO ahead of second launch

Galaxy 15 was launched in 2005 and was built by Orbital Sciences Corp., which is now part of Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 31, 2022Intelsat’s Galaxy 15 mutes payload as it drifts into other satellite paths

Galaxy 33 is one of two satellites Intelsat ordered in 2020 from Northrop Grumman to support efforts to vacate C-band spectrum in the United States.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 31, 2022Intelsat’s Galaxy 15 mutes payload as it drifts into other satellite paths

Orbit Fab will work with servicing vehicles from companies such as Astroscale and Northrop Grumman to refuel legacy GEO satellites.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 30, 2022Orbit Fab announces in-space hydrazine refueling service
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