Satellite News

Northrop Grumman Corporation will help the U.S. Air Force develop and demonstrate technologies critical to a future “aircraft-like” reusable launch vehicle under a contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Dayton, Ohio.

United Launch Alliance has declared yesterday’s Atlas V launch for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) a success. It was the fourth Atlas V EELV mission this year and the 12th ULA mission in 2007.