Tag: Orbital ATK
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Video: Antares post-launch news conference
This is the post-launch news briefing from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility held after the successful return to flight by the Orbital ATK Antares rocket that delivered the Cygnus cargo ship into space.
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Antares launch visibility maps
Residents along the U.S. East Coast from South Carolina to Massachusetts could glimpse Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket climbing into space Monday night on a cargo run to the International Space Station. The 13-story rocket is set for blastoff from Wallops Island, Virginia, at 7:40 p.m. EDT (2340 GMT), and the weather forecast calls for ideal…
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Video: Antares rocket returns to flight with new engines
The Antares rocket, Orbital ATK’s medium-class booster now with modern RD-181 engines, launches at 7:45 p.m. EDT (2345 GMT) from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the eastern shore of Virginia. Pad camera replay Close up view
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Cargo manifest for the OA-5 station resupply mission
A view inside the pressurized cargo module of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft after technicians loaded the final supplies heading for the International Space Station. Credit: Orbital ATK The sixth commercial cargo delivery by Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft, and the first using an Antares rocket since a launch failure in 2014, will carry more than 5,000…
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After two-year gap, Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket puts Cygnus cargo ship in orbit
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket lifts off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (Credit: NASA TV) Orbital ATK’s Antares two-stage rocket sent a robotic Cygnus cargo spaceship on its way to the International Space Station today, nearly two years after a launch pad failure forced an engine overhaul. The Antares rocket blasted off from NASA’s Wallops Fllight…
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Faulty cable delays Antares launch 24 hours
The Antares rocket sits on launch pad 0A at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Orbital ATK launch managers have pushed back liftoff of an Antares rocket until Monday to replace a faulty cable on the booster’s launch pad in Virginia. The delay means the International Space Station crew will not receive the Cygnus supply…
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Video: Antares/Cygnus pre-launch news conference
Officials from NASA, Orbital ATK, Wallops Flight Facility and the Commonwealth of Virginia preview Sunday night’s flight of the Antares rocket during the pre-launch news conference held on the eve of liftoff. The launch is planned for Sunday evening at 8:03 p.m. EDT (0003 GMT) to send the cargo-laden Cygnus freighter to the International Space…
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Stratolaunch announces plan to fly with Pegasus rockets
An artist’s concept of Stratolaunch’s carrier aircraft with three Pegasus rockets. Credit: Stratolaunch Systems Stratolaunch Systems, a company backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, will launch Pegasus XL rockets produced by Orbital ATK from the world’s largest airplane as officials shift focus toward deploying lighter satellites into orbit. Stratolaunch and Orbital ATK announced the “production-based”…
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Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch teams up (again) with Orbital ATK on air-launched rockets
An artist’s rendering shows the Stratolaunch twin-fuselage airplane with Orbital ATK’s Pegasus XL air-launch vehicles slung underneath. (Credit: Vulcan Aerospace) Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems has renewed its partnership with Orbital ATK on a platform that will make use of the world’s biggest airplane to launch rockets into orbit. Allen started up Stratolaunch five…
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Officials target mid-October for first launch of upgraded Antares cargo rocket
The Italian-built pressurized cargo module and U.S.-built service module of the next Cygnus spacecraft were mated earlier this year at Wallops. Credit: NASA/Patrick Black Orbital ATK ground crews in Virginia are fueling the next Cygnus cargo freighter this week for launch toward the International Space Station in mid-October on the first flight of the company’s…