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While most Cygnus missions have been launched atop Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, NG-21 was the second of three missions planned to launch atop the Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Northrop Grumman exhausted the supply of its Antares 230+ rocket after the NG-19 ...
Northrop Grumman NASA (CRS) Success Cygnus NG-12 is the first mission under the NASA Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract. NG-12 is also the first to use upgraded launcher, Antares 230+. 12 February 15, 2020 20:21 Antares 230+ MARS, LP-0A Cygnus (enhanced) CRS NG-13 Robert Lawrence, Jr. 3,377 kg (7,445 lbs) LEO (ISS) Northrop Grumman NASA (CRS)
NG-21 PCM Lift to Work Stand, SSPF Image title The Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft’s pressurized cargo module for the company’s 21st commercial resupply mission is lifted and moved by a crane inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, June 1, 2024, as prelaunch processing ...
In August 2023, Northrop Grumman announced a further enlarged Mission B version of Cygnus, with a 1.5 m (4.9 ft) stretch to the payload module and payload mass increased to 5,000 kg (11,000 lb). This version is expected to enter service with the NG-23 mission in 2025 (the first to use the new Antares 330 launch vehicle).
That sounds good, until you realize that at a $73.9 billion market capitalization, it means Northrop Grumman stock currently costs nearly 30 times this year's free cash flow -- which seems quite a ...
Northrop received a $935-million fixed price contract to build the module in 2021 and took a $42-million charge in last year's fourth quarter because of higher expenses, raising its 2023 program ...
As a result Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Northrop Grumman was left with only two remaining Antares 230+ launch vehicles which were used for the CRS NG-18 and CRS NG-19 missions. Northrop Grumman acquired three flights from SpaceX with the Falcon 9 rocket while a replacement first stage and its engine are developed for its Antares 330 rocket. [50]
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman told its employees that about 1,000 jobs could be cut in Southern California after lost a big satellite contract.