Northrop’s GEO Space Tanker Passes Systems Review, Awaits Next Steps

GAS-T rendering

GAS-T would have provided propellant to geosynchronous spacecraft.

Credit: Northrop Grumman
LAS VEGAS—Northrop Grumman’s Geosynchronous Auxiliary Support Tanker (GAS-T) spacecraft has passed the system requirements review, but the program’s contract with Space Systems Command (SSC) has ended. The company is awaiting SSC’s decision on next steps for the space vehicle, said Lauren Smith...
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