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NASA will cover the departure of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station on Friday, Oct. 9, after the vehicle delivered over 11,000 pounds of supplies and science experiments during the CRS-24 mission.
A Northrop Grumman robotic servicing satellite with two flexible arms launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9, aiming to perform satellite servicing in geosynchronous orbit over the next decade. The mission highlights growing competition in on-orbit servicing between the US and China.
Falcon 9 will launch the Northrop Grumman MRV-MEP mission from pad 40 in Florida, with the launch window opening at 5:15 p.m. ET.
Katalyst Space Technologies launched its Link satellite on a Pegasus XL rocket to rescue NASA's Swift observatory from falling out of orbit, marking the first mission of its kind.
NASA has instructed Northrop Grumman to cease work on the HALO habitation module for the Lunar Gateway as the agency shifts its lunar focus from an orbital station to a Moon base.