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Northrop Grumman Posts 14% Space Systems Growth in 2023
Northrop Grumman’s headquarters. Photo: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman’s Space segment delivered another year of growth in 2023, posting 14% year-over-year growth. Space Systems was the largest and fastest-growing segment in the company in 2023, with $13.9 billion in revenue. This continues a double-digit growth streak for the Space Systems segment. In 2022, the Space segment…
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Northrop Grumman Posts 14% Space Systems Growth in 2023
Northrop Grumman’s headquarters. Photo: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman’s Space segment delivered another year of growth in 2023, posting 14% year-over-year growth. Space Systems was the largest and fastest-growing segment in the company in 2023, with $13.9 billion in revenue. This continues a double-digit growth streak for the Space Systems segment. In 2022, the Space segment…
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This Week in Launch: SpaceX to launch Northrop Grumman’s next cargo mission
This week’s launches: January 30 (Tuesday) SpaceX | Falcon 9 | NG-20 | 12:07 P.M. ET SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL January 31 (Wednesday) Rocket Lab | Electron | Four of a Kind | 1:15 A.M. ET LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand February 1 (Thursday) CASC | Jielong-3 | Unknown Payload | 9:00…
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Fuse leads $6M round for Quindar, which uses AI for satellite support and is partnering with KSAT
A screenshot shows Quindar’s spacecraft management platform at work. (Image via Quindar) A space-centric startup called Quindar says it has successfully closed an oversubscribed $6 million funding round that will give a boost to its cloud-hosted, AI-supported software platform for satellite management. The seed extension round was led by the Seattle-area venture capital firm Fuse,…
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CRS NG-20 launches cargo, science to ISS aboard Falcon 9
The NG-20 mission has flown the Cygnus spacecraft S.S. Patricia Hilliard Robertson to a path that will take it to the International Space Station. However, as a first, it has launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 instead of an Antares rocket. This will be the first of three Cygnus missions to fly aboard Falcon 9…
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Virgin Galactic Completes First Flight of 2024
Virgin Galactic has completed its first spaceflight this year and its 11th overall. Interestingly, the latest flight was the first flight that all four seats aboard VSS Unity were occupied by private astronauts. The flight took place on Friday 26 Jan. Virgin Galactic’s next mission, expected in the second quarter of 2024, will include both…
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Virgin Galactic Completes First Flight of 2024
Virgin Galactic has completed its first spaceflight this year and its 11th overall. Interestingly, the latest flight was the first flight that all four seats aboard VSS Unity were occupied by private astronauts. The flight took place on Friday 26 Jan. Virgin Galactic’s next mission, expected in the second quarter of 2024, will include both…
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EasyJet Becomes First Airline to Benefit from Viasat & ESA’s Iris Pro
easyJet announced it will partner with the European Iris program, which uses satellite technology to help modernize air traffic management (ATM). The initiative is being led by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Viasat. easyJet announced the development, Jan. 29. Through the use of Iris, easyJet will be able to operate its aircraft as efficiently…
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EasyJet Becomes First Airline to Benefit from Viasat & ESA’s Iris Pro
easyJet announced it will partner with the European Iris program, which uses satellite technology to help modernize air traffic management (ATM). The initiative is being led by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Viasat. easyJet announced the development, Jan. 29. Through the use of Iris, easyJet will be able to operate its aircraft as efficiently…
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Daily Telescope: Two large galaxies swimming in a sea of interstellar dust
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a…