Northrop Grumman Corporation Datasheets for Satellites
Satellites are manmade objects placed in orbit above the Earth for a variety of civil, scientific, and military applications, such as communications, environmental monitoring, navigation, and reconnaissance.
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| Product Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Advanced EHF Payloads | Assured, Protected, Survivable Communications The U.S. Air Force's Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system is the nation's next-generation military strategic and tactical relay system, which will deliver survivable, protected communications... |
| Starshade | Key tool in the search for Earth-like planets Does life exist on other worlds? Is our planet unique? Are we alone in the universe? Recent technological advances will allow us... |
| James Webb Space Telescope | Observing Cosmic History The Mission NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will peer into the past to a time when new stars and developing galaxies were first beginning to form, measuring... |
| Eagle Spacecraft | One family to efficiently satisfy a range of missions Northrop Grumman's Eagle spacecraft product line is designed to meet the growing market demand for affordable and reliable spacecraft capable of... |
| SIM Lite | A revolutionary spacecraft housing a high-precision optical interferometer will give astronomers the ability to precisely map the location and motion of stellar objects, and search for signs of earth-sized planets... |
| Enhanced Polar System | Mission/Vision The Enhanced Polar System (EPS) represents an evolution of requirements for protected extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications in the North Polar Region; above 65 deg N. EPS is... |
| Earth Observing System - Aqua | Most long-term environmental change slips into our lives unnoticed. Then comes the shock of recognition: the rainy season is longer, the trees are blooming earlier, what were once freak storms... |
| Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) | NASA's next mission to the moon won't involve astronauts or merely orbit its surface. Prior to a human return to the moon, a mission is underway to build a satellite... |
| Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) | Real On-Orbit Performance Now ballistic missiles have no place to hide. Two Northrop Grumman-built Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstrator satellites are on-orbit, demonstrating capabilities required for birth-to-death tracking... |
| Milstar Payloads | The Milstar Communications Network — a series of advanced satellites linked to mobile ground terminals — provides assured command and control to U.S. forces worldwide. The satellites carry Northrop Grumman-built... |
| Defense Support Program (DSP) | The Northrop Grumman-built Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites have been the spaceborne segment of NORAD's Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment system since 1970. Using infrared detectors that sense the heat... |
| Earth Observing System - Aura | What's good? What's safe? What's harmful? Earth's climate is regulated, in part, by atmospheric chemicals. The complex interactions of these gases, both naturally occurring or human-made, may be contributing to... |
| Chandra X-Ray Observatory | Window to the Universe As long as astronomers have pointed their telescopes skyward, they've pondered the nature and origin of the universe. X-rays, an invisible form of electromagnetic radiation that... |