UPDATE: On a picture perfect Friday, December 1 at 10:19 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the Korea 425 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at […]
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SpaceX’s Friday Korea 425 mission launch includes top secret reconnaissance smallsats for APA
SpaceX is targeting Friday, December 1 at 10:19 a.m. PT for a Falcon 9 launch of the Korea 425 mission to LEO from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at […]
SpaceX’s launch of Transporter-9 hauls 90 payloads for deployments
On Saturday, November 11 at 10:49 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched Transporter-9, SpaceX’s ninth dedicated smallsat rideshare program mission, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in […]
SpaceX launches 22 Starlink small sats and attains two new records
On Tuesday, September 19 at 11:38 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station […]
SpaceX preps for a Friday launch of 22 Starlinks
SpaceX is ramping up once again and targeting Friday, September 15 at 12:03 a.m. ET (04:53 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from […]
Northrop Grumman’s GEM solid rocket motors help to power ULA’s successful NROL-107 launch
Five Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63) solid rocket boosters helped power the successful United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V launch of a national security payload, […]
ULA’s Vulcan Flight Readiness Test is a success
United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully conducted a booster engine flight readiness firing (FRF) on June 7th at Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The engine […]
Northrop Grumman invests in new GEM rocket motor facilities in Utah
Northrop Grumman has celebrated the expansion of solid rocket motor manufacturing facilities that will support increased production of the company’s GEM solid rocket boosters in Magna, Utah. The infrastructure investment […]
UPDATE 1: Northrop Grumman + NASA successfully test the Space Launch System Booster (SLB-2) — new test photo
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and NASA successfully conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor, known as Flight Support Booster-2. The five-segment solid rocket […]
Northrop Grumman Gleans Space Launch System (SLS) Rocket Booster Production Contract From NASA
NASA has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) a booster production and operations contract valued up to $3.19 billion to support the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket through 2031. The […]