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Frontier Aerospace

US
commercialFounded 1997
Thousand Oaks, California, United States
www.frontier.us
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Frontier Aerospace completed the design of attitude control thrusters developed with NASA and Astrobotic Technologies for deep space missions.

Mentioned as: Frontier AerospaceOrg RelationshipNov 3, 2020Frontier Aerospace completes design of Peregrine thrusters

Frontier Aerospace has been developing and testing rocket engines fueled by nitrogen oxides mixed with monomethyl hydrazine through NASA’s TALOS program.

Mentioned as: Frontier AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 3, 2020Frontier Aerospace completes design of Peregrine thrusters

Frontier Aerospace’s 700-lbf engines will be used to brake Griffin into lunar orbit and to perform a safe descent to a soft touchdown on the lunar surface.

Mentioned as: Frontier AerospaceNarrative PlanFeb 16, 2020Astrobotic Selects Lander Engines & More for Griffin/VIPER Mission

Frontier Aerospace will deliver five 700-lbf engines for the Griffin lander that build on the legacy of its F500E engine design.

Mentioned as: Frontier AerospaceNarrative PlanFeb 16, 2020Astrobotic Selects Lander Engines & More for Griffin/VIPER Mission

Frontier Aerospace Corporation was selected by NASA’s Space Technology and Mission Directorate for a Tipping Point award to provide flight qualification of Frontier’s Deep Space Engine that uses MON-25/MMH propellant.

Mentioned as: Frontier AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 16, 2018Frontier Aerospace Selected for NASA Award to Develop Deep Space Thruster Using MON-25/MMH Propellant

Frontier Aerospace won a $1,900,000 contract to demonstrate its main engine on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander first flight in 2020.

Mentioned as: Frontier AerospaceOrg RelationshipAug 10, 2018NASA funds commercial technology development and market studies

The Peregrine main engines are supplied by subcontractor Frontier Aerospace, a California company that developed the engines under a NASA contract.

Mentioned as: Frontier AerospaceOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2018Astrobotic selects Dynetics for lunar lander propulsion system
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