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EPS-R Arctic Communications Payloads Operational, Northrop Grumman Says

EPS-R Arctic Communications Payloads Operational, Northrop Grumman Says
Pictured are two Northrop Grumman GEOStar-3 satellites in Dulles, Va. Though designed for geosynchronous orbit, the satellites are "highly adaptable and can operate in a variety of orbits, such as a highly elliptical orbit, for ASBM," the company said (Northrop Grumman Photo)

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,…

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