northrop-grumman

ULA says Northrop Grumman ran a successful GEM 63XL solid rocket booster static fire on April 15, but the Vulcan rocket remains grounded for national security launches three months after a nozzle anomaly on USSF-87, with Amazon expected to anchor a return-to-flight by year-end.

Katalyst Space Technologies finished thermal-vacuum and vibration testing of its LINK servicing spacecraft at NASA Goddard on May 4, 2026, on track for a June Pegasus XL launch to raise the Swift Observatory's decaying orbit.