Saturn booked OmegA to have a ride ready for when it has a customer in need of a 2021 launch. Credit: Northrop Grumman. WASHINGTON — Startup satellite builder Saturn Satellite Networks says it doesn’t ...

The OmegA rocket is scheduled to launch up to two satellites manufactured by Saturn Satellite Networks in the spring of 2021. Credit: Northrop Grumman WASHINGTON — When Northrop Grumman unveiled its ...

Northrop Grumman's OmegA space launch vehicle has found its first client, as the company expands into markets requiring more grunt from their rockets. Saturn will entrust the OmegA with up to two of ...

PROMONTORY, Utah — A new rocket's second stage roared to life for the first time today (Feb. 27), sending flame and smoke billowing out against the snow-capped mountains of Utah. Mounted on a ...

Northrop Grumman conducts a static test of its OmegA rocket in Utah Feb. 27. (Northrop Grumman image) Northrop Grumman conducted a static test of their new OmegA rocket at their facility in Promontory ...

Northrop Grumman’s first big test of its future OmegA rocket seems to have ended in a small explosion. Today, the company fired up the main engine on the rocket during a ground test in Utah. Toward ...

From SpaceX to Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance, the rocket business has a lot of big players lining up in the near future. Also in the mix is Northrop Grumman, which has just signed its first ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Orbital ATK's next rocket will be its biggest one yet, and the company has picked a fitting name for the new booster: OmegA. OmegaA, formerly known as the Next Generation ...

Northrop Grumman’s plans for a big rocket turned on its side this week. That’s because it blew nearly 340,000 pounds of solid propellant during a static fire test of the second stage of its new OmegA ...

Northrop Grumman will not continue development of its Space Coast-focused Omega program after the Space Force left the rocket out of its latest round of national security launch contracts, the ...

Goodbye, Next-Generation Launcher (NGL). Hello, OmegA. This sounds like good news for the Air Force, but what does it mean for the companies that build the Air Force's rocket ships? Initially named ...

Goodbye, Next-Generation Launcher (NGL). Hello, OmegA. For the past three years, space company Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has been working with the U.S. Air Force to develop a new heavy launch rocket. As ...