
The Space Norway Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) launched Aug. 11 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) said. ASBM carries two Northrop Grumman [NOC] satellites for broadband commercial and military communications over the North Pole. Each satellite has the Northrop Grumman Enhanced Polar System-Recapitalization (EPS-R) payload for the Space Force, a Ka-band payload for Viasat [VSAT], and an X-band payload for the Norwegian Ministry of Defense.…