Northrop Grumman Signs Customer for First Flight of OmegATM
Northrop Grumman's OmegA rocket will launch up to two satellites manufactured by Saturn Satellite Networks in the spring of 2021. Image credit: Northrop Grumman
'The OmegA rocket expands Northrop Grumman's launch capabilities beyond our small and medium class rockets, which have successfully launched nearly 80 missions,' said
Last October, the
'The first flight of OmegA is a key step in our certification process for the
Precourt continued, 'Our customer's mission comes first, whether OmegA is launching a commercial satellite or a national security payload. At the end of the day, we deliver the customer's spacecraft where it needs to go.'
'Northrop Grumman designed OmegA to use the most reliable propulsion available-solid propulsion for the boost stages and flight proven RL10 engines for the upper stage-to ensure exceptional mission assurance for our customers,' Precourt added. 'Northrop Grumman's technical expertise is both broad and deep, and we bring unmatched experience, stability and a strong customer focus to every partnership.'
Northrop Grumman has a distinguished heritage in space launch. In 1990, the company developed Pegasus, the world's first privately developed space launch system. The company's Minotaur launch vehicle has achieved 100 percent success on its 18 space missions and nine suborbital missions. Northrop Grumman's AntaresTM rocket has launched more than 70,000 pounds of food, equipment and supplies to the astronauts aboard the
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