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Stratolaunch ended work on its own family of launch vehicles on 2019-01-18 and decided to use its aircraft for launching Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rockets.
Stratolaunch plans to initially use the airplane for launches of Pegasus XL rockets provided by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems.
The loop heat pipes for GOES-17’s ABI were built by ATK for Exelis, and those loop heat pipes were unable to adequately cool the imager’s infrared and near-infrared channels for approximately 12 hours per day.
Sierra Nevada Corporation, SpaceX, and Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems) received Commercial Resupply Services 2 contracts from NASA in January 2016.
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems stated that new satellites must be built and launched in time to complete transitions within an 18-to-36-month clearing timeline.
Launcher conducts engine testing at a site on Long Island that was previously used by Grumman for building F-14 fighter jets.
Northrop Grumman launched a Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on 2018-11-17.
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station early on 2018-11-15 on the company’s Antares launch vehicle from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia.
Prior to Falcon 9 receiving Category 3 certification, United Launch Alliance was the only provider offering Category 3 vehicles for NASA missions other than Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL.
Northrop Grumman received a Launch Service Agreement award and is targeting a 2021 first launch for its OmegA vehicle.
Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman did not expect to conduct first launches of their LSA-funded rockets until 2021.
In 2016 the Air Force awarded roughly $1,000,000,000 in Other Transaction Authority research-and-development contracts to ULA, SpaceX, Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems), and Aerojet Rocketdyne.
On 2018-10-10, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center allocated up to $792,000,000 to Northrop Grumman to develop the OmegA rocket.
The U.S. Air Force awarded contracts to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and United Launch Alliance to further develop their launch vehicles so they can meet national security requirements that include flying to nine different orbits.
LC-2 will be built just south and east of Pad 0-A at Wallops, which is used by Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket.
Northrop Grumman completed a $9,200,000,000 purchase of Orbital ATK in June of the prior year.
Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket is designed to loft up to 8,000 kg to low Earth orbit and is the closest match to Delta 2’s capability.
The companies awarded 2018-09-27 contracts to develop hypersonic weapon system concepts are BAE Systems, Boeing, General Atomics, L3 Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Draper Laboratories.
The nine firms awarded $1,000,000 study contracts for Space Sensor Layer concept designs are Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, General Atomics, Maxar Technologies, Draper Laboratories, Leidos, Millennium Space, and Boeing.
The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman $792,000,000 in LSA funding to develop the OmegA rocket.