Northrop Grumman Corporation has invested $50 million into Firefly Aerospace to further advance production of the companies’ co-developed medium launch vehicle, now known as Eclipse™. Much of the work being done on Eclipse is being done at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Chandler.

Filling a void in an underserved market, Eclipse will launch up to 16,300 kg of cargo to low Earth orbit or 3,200 kg of cargo to geosynchronous transfer orbit. Eclipse will first launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, and be able to support space station resupply, commercial spacecraft, critical national security missions and scientific payloads for the domestic and international markets.

Eclipse is manufactured in Briggs, Texas, and Chandler, Arizona, and utilizes the same first stage Firefly is developing for

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