Northrop invests $50m in Firefly Aerospace to advance Eclipse launch vehicle
The vehicle is being built on a hybrid foundation that draws from Northrop Grummans Antares platform and Fireflys Alpha rocket technology.
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The vehicle is being built on a hybrid foundation that draws from Northrop Grummans Antares platform and Fireflys Alpha rocket technology.
Intelsat partnered with Northrop Grumman on a second mission in 2021, using MEV-2 to extend the life of Intelsat 10-02.
SpaceLogistics is positioning the MRV as a versatile solution in the space-servicing market, which includes satellite repair, repositioning, and debris removal.
The satellites are part of the militarys Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) program, a defence initiative aimed at enhancing missile threat detection from space.
Kim joins Firefly from Millennium Space, a Boeing subsidiary specialising in small satellites primarily for US government agencies, where he served as CEO.
Under the agreement, the companies will use Palantir software to develop a digital twin, or software-based model, of the Starlab station.
Under the terms of the new agreement, MEV-1 will release the IS-901 satellite into a GEO graveyard orbit and then provide service for another Intelsat satellite.
The goal is to establish an analytical framework for integrated lunar infrastructure that minimizes lunar footprint and provides commercial services for future lunar users.
The company's high-capacity geostationary satellites will support the programme, which is connecting commercial space internet services for military users.
Northrop Grumman will build 38 satellites for the SDA's Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL)-Alpha constellation.
Space systems emerged as the company's fastest-growing and top-performing segment.
Service transitions onto SES-18 represent one of the final milestones in SESs US C-band transition.
Mission Extension Pod is installed via a Mission Robotic Vehicle on a client satellite that is running low on fuel.
The contractor will provide the products and services required to monitor and maintain Webb spacecraft systems.
The new version of the Antares, called the Antares 330, will feature the first stage using seven Miranda engines under development by Firefly.
This is the second major contract that L3Harris and Northrop Grumman have won to date from DoDs space agency.
Northrop Grumman has selected Mynaric as a strategic supplier for laser communications, and Innoflight for encryption and other aspects of Northrop Grummans architecture.
GEM 63 solid rocket boosters have supported four ULA Atlas V launches, and the GEM 63XL booster is scheduled to support ULAs Vulcan Centaur rocket later this year in the ...
These awards are part of NASAs plans to transition from the ageing International Space Station to commercial space stations, which will be available to both government and private-sector customers.
In order to increase speed, resilience, and cyber-hardening, NGG is being built on Lockheed Martin's LM 2100 Combat Bus.
For the first time, the IAC will open its doors to the global space community in an Arab country since its establishment in 1950.
The contracts are part of NASA's Artemis programme, which aims to send astronauts back to the moon by 2024.
The primary mission of DhabiSat is to enable students to design, implement and test software modules for Attitude Determination and Control Subsystems (ADCS).
The HALO design is based on Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft, which conducts resupply missions to the International Space Station.
HALO is one of the first two elements to form the lunar gateway which will be launched in late 2023.
The new programme will interoperate with and eventually replace the US Space Forces advanced extremely high-frequency system.
Galaxy 30 communications satellite will replace Galaxy 14 at 125 degrees west once it is in service in early 2021.
Northrop Grumman and The Boeing Company will manufacture and assemble the C-band only satellites in Dulles, Virginia and in Los Angeles, California.
