Posts Tagged ‘Taurus’

Orbital’s Cygnus preparing for the opening salvo to regain US independence

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

While Russian engineers continue to investigate the failure of their Progress M-12M, which crashed in Eastern Russia on Wednesday, half a world away Orbital welcomed their first pressurized cargo module (PCM) for its Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, in preparation for leading the charge of America’s own commercial cargo [...]

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Orbital’s Taurus XL fails during Orbiting Carbon Observatory spacecraft launch

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Orbital Science’s Taurus XL rocket lifted-off from Space Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, carrying the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) this morning. However, the mission was deemed as a failure during or slightly after third stage flight, after it was noted the fairing failed to separate as required.

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Published in Featured, Unmanned