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Northrop Grumman

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Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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Northrop Grumman Corporation built and operated the Minotaur I launch vehicle used for the NROL-111 mission.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJun 15, 2021The USSF’s NROL-111 Launch Via Minotaur From NASA’s Wallops Heads To Orbit

The NROL-129 mission launched in 2020 on a Northrop Grumman Minotaur 4 rocket, which is a larger vehicle than the Minotaur 1.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductJun 15, 2021Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur 1 rocket launches three classified NRO payloads

Pegasus is an air-launched, three-staged rocket carried aloft by Northrop Grumman’s specially modified Stargazer L-1011 aircraft.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJun 13, 2021Northrop Grumman Successfully Launches USSF / SMC’s TacRL-2 Payload

Northrop Grumman successfully launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) payload into orbit for the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center using the company’s Pegasus XL rocket.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 13, 2021Northrop Grumman Successfully Launches USSF / SMC’s TacRL-2 Payload

A Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket launched the U.S. Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) mission on 2021-06-13 at 1:11 a.m. Pacific from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 13, 2021Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus rocket launches U.S. Space Force mission

Commercial partners designing and testing the Federated Quantum System include BT, Northrop Grumman, Sumitomo, Leonardo, and Austrian startup QTL.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJun 11, 2021Governments ally for federated quantum encryption satellite network

The launch of TacRL-2 was awarded to Northrop Grumman under the Orbital Services Program-4.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJun 10, 2021U.S. Space Force to launch ‘space domain awareness’ satellite on Pegasus rocket

The Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $28,000,000 contract for the TacRL-2 launch.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 10, 2021U.S. Space Force to launch ‘space domain awareness’ satellite on Pegasus rocket

Northrop Grumman shipped 10 rocket motor segments from Promontory, Utah to Kennedy Space Center by rail for assembly into two separate solid rocket boosters.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJun 8, 2021Northrop Grumman’s New Era of Exploration: How It Is Powering NASA’s Artemis Missions

Northrop Grumman’s twin solid rocket boosters for the Space Launch System will produce £8,800,000of thrust.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative PlanJun 8, 2021Northrop Grumman’s New Era of Exploration: How It Is Powering NASA’s Artemis Missions

Northrop Grumman was awarded a $2,400,000,000 contract to initiate the design of two additional Next-Gen OPIR satellites for polar coverage.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanOrg RelationshipJun 7, 2021Lockheed Martin To Take Care Of The USSF’s SBIRS Ground Control Systems

The Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS) program awarded Northrop Grumman a $429,000,000 contract in 2011 to build a DMSP successor before Congress directed termination of DWSS in 2012.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMay 24, 2021A race against time to replace aging military weather satellites

Northrop Grumman held contracts for three more JPSS satellites with instrument contributions from Ball Aerospace, Raytheon, and L3Harris slated to launch between 2022 and 2032.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMay 24, 2021A race against time to replace aging military weather satellites

Ariane 5 last launched in August 2020, placing two communications satellites and Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle 2 into geostationary transfer orbit.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMay 12, 2021Ariane 5 issue could delay JWST

A total of 12 Vela satellites were built by TRW and launched in pairs.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMay 10, 2021Model Of The Vela Satellite Received By The Space & Missile Systems Center from Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman presented a full-scale Vela satellite model to the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base on 2021-05-04.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductMay 10, 2021Model Of The Vela Satellite Received By The Space & Missile Systems Center from Northrop Grumman

TRW, the company that built the Vela satellites, later became part of Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMay 10, 2021Model Of The Vela Satellite Received By The Space & Missile Systems Center from Northrop Grumman

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a $13,300,000 contract to provide positioning, navigation and timing payloads for the Blackjack program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2021Northrop Grumman to supply navigation payloads for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites

Northrop Grumman’s contract for Blackjack was awarded on 2021-04-28 and is listed on sam.gov.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2021Northrop Grumman to supply navigation payloads for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $13,000,000,000 contract last year to develop GBSD.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMay 5, 2021U.S. Air Force to investigate aborted ICBM test flight
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