
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday the company's two Enhanced Polar System – Recapitalization (EPS-R) payloads for U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command are operational. The EPS-Rs were part of the Space Norway Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) launched Aug. 11 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. (Defense Daily, Aug. 12). In addition to the EPS-R payloads, Northrop Grumman also built two GEOStar-3 satellites and two Satellite Control Ground Systems in Tromsø and Bardufoss,…