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  • Northrop Delivers Optical Telescope Element to NASA for Webb Observatory Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Delivers Optical Telescope Element to NASA for Webb Observatory Integration

    Northrop Grumman has delivered the Optical Telescope Element to NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center to support the 18 hexagonal gold-coated beryllium mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope. The company said Tuesday the 21.5-foot OTE is made of graphite composite materials and is designed to support the Webb telescope’s deep space observation mission. Scott Texter, Northrop telescope manager for the aerospace systems business, said […] More

  • Orbital ATK Delivers Webb Telescope Fuel, Oxidizer Tanks to Northrop - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Delivers Webb Telescope Fuel, Oxidizer Tanks to Northrop

    Orbital ATK has delivered the fuel and oxidizer tanks for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope to prime contractor Northrop Grumman after a series of qualification tests on the tanks’ survivability. The tanks are built to supply propulsion for the Webb telescope and be integrated into the observatory, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. The company designed and manufactured the tanks’ Propellant […] More

  • Northrop Completes Deployable Tower Assembly for NASA's Webb Telescope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes Deployable Tower Assembly for NASA’s Webb Telescope

    Northrop Grumman has completed ambient and thermal vacuum testing and delivery of the James Webb Space Telescope‘s deployable tower assembly to NASA for the space observatory’s final assembly at Northrop’s Space Park facility. The company said Tuesday its Astro Aerospace subsidiary designed and built the graphite DTA, which works to support Webb’s spacecraft and telescope structures. “First, in the […] More