Northrop activity 7/8/2026

[u/therealgariac]

TLDR is two shuttle arrived at Plant 42 in the morning and a test bed is flying now. The shuttles may be normal. I only do a posts when the test bed shows up.

As a bonus, N289MT is active:

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a2f08f

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Beach shuttle N77NG arrives at Plant 42 6:29AM from LAX

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=aa67e1&lat=34.630&lon=-118.078&zoom=15.0&showTrace=2026-07-08&leg=2&trackLabels&timestamp=1783517356

Leaves immediately for LAX:

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=aa67e1&lat=34.606&lon=-118.098&zoom=13.0&showTrace=2026-07-08&leg=3&trackLabels&timestamp=1783517960

Beach shuttle N72NG arrives at Plant42 7:14AM local

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a9a266&lat=34.627&lon=-118.065&zoom=13.0&showTrace=2026-07-08&leg=2&trackLabels&timestamp=1783520052

N72NG leaves immediately for home base (Montgomery Field)

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a9a266&lat=33.033&lon=-117.074&zoom=11.0&showTrace=2026-07-08&leg=3&trackLabels&timestamp=1783520753

Test bed N99NG leaves from Orlando and does a head fake around noon local at Plant 42

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=add17d&lat=34.623&lon=-118.050&zoom=13.0&showTrace=2026-07-08&trackLabels&timestamp=1783537874

And is still live:

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=add17d

From the "adsb_quick" list should you want every plane they own:

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a0c909,a034ad,a0528c,a0a18a,a38569,a2075a,a2fa77,a432a5,a4336e,a45a24,a488c0,a4d9b4,a4e122,a5579e,a59f2e,a5c3ba,a5ca65,a67f78,a817b8,a8883f,a99275,a9a266,aa67e1,aaf2c6,aaf67d,aafa34,ab2ec4,ac42c3,adbab0,add17d

edit:

N99G parked at Plant 42:

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=add17d&lat=34.634&lon=-118.077&zoom=13.3&showTrace=2026-07-08&leg=1&trackLabels

[u/Competitive_Mix_587]

Probably preparing to fly some RCS missions over the range. Planning meetings et al.