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  • Northrop’s Cygnus Leaves Space Station to Perform CubeSat Deployment Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Cygnus Leaves Space Station to Perform CubeSat Deployment Mission

    Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft left the International Space Station on Friday to deploy six CubeSats into orbit. The company said Sunday the spacecraft, also known as S.S. J.R. Thompson, will use the NanoRacks deployer to field AeroCube 12A and 12B satellites from Aerospace Corp. and four other CubeSats that will join Spire Global’s constellation of weather satellites to […] More

  • Northrop’s Cygnus Raises Space Station’s Orbit Through Reboost Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Cygnus Raises Space Station’s Orbit Through Reboost Test

    Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft docked at the International Space Station tested on Tuesday its reboost capability through a 50-second engine firing activity, Spaceflight Now reported Wednesday. Ground controllers at Northrop’s Dulles, Va.-based mission operations facility transmitted commands to the spacecraft to fire its IHI Aerospace-supplied BT-4 main engine, which generated approximately 100 pounds of thrust […] More