Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Northrop Grumman Space Systems has made 17 launches since its first on 17 November 2018: 17 successful (100% success). Its latest was Swift Boost Mission on 3 July 2026. It has carried 68 satellites, 19 of them still in orbit.

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Launches a year

19572026

Busiest year: 2021, with 4. 2026 so far: 2.

Highlights

DateLaunch
17 November 2018Antares 230, Cygnus CRS NG-10 (S.S. John Young)First launch · success
11 October 2019Pegasus XL, Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON)First Pegasus XL flight · success
2 November 2019Antares 230+, Cygnus CRS-2 NG-12 (S.S. Alan Bean)First Antares 230+ flight · success
15 July 2020Minotaur IV, NROL-129First Minotaur IV flight · success
3 July 2026Pegasus XL, Swift Boost MissionLatest launch · success

Rockets

RocketFirst launchLaunches
Antares 230+2 November 20198
Pegasus XL11 October 20193
Minotaur IV15 July 20203
Antares17 November 20182
Minotaur I15 June 20211

Launch sites

Wallops Flight Facility / MARS12
Vandenberg Space Force Base3
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station1
Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein1

Satellites carried

68 satellites in the catalogue went up on Northrop Grumman Space Systems launches; 19 are still in orbit. By who uses them: defence 34, civil government 4, commercial 13, academic and non-profit 12, and 5 not known yet.

A rocket's first launch here is its first for Northrop Grumman Space Systems. Satellites are payloads in CelesTrak's catalogue linked to the launch that carried them.