Orbital’s Cygnus spacecraft will begin her latest trip to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 24, atop of the Antares carrier rocket – the rocket’s fifth launch in 18 months of operation. The ORB-3/CRS-3 mission will also debut the use of the more powerful Castor XL second stage motor, supplied by ATK.
ATK’s CASTOR 30XL Upper Stage motor is deep into preparations for a static fire test,…
Roughly 37 hours after launching from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) in Virginia, Northrop Grumman’s…
It might be the final CRS1 (Commercial Resupply Services 1) contract flight for both the…
Following Saturday’s Northrop Grumman Innovation System’s (NGIS’s) Antares rocket launch with the NG-10 Cygnus, named…
Japan launched a satellite to monitor greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere on Monday. The…
A new milestone for the future of United Launch Alliance’s rockets was conducted by Northrop…
When United Launch Alliance’s final Delta II rocket deploys NASA’s ICESat-II satellite on Saturday, the…
The P120C rocket motor that will be involved with both the Ariane 6 and Vega-C…
Japan made another addition to its constellation of reconnaissance satellites with the launch of the…
As Orbital ATK’s OA-9E Cygnus mission continues its to-date flawless mission at the ISS, the…
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft began its next supply run to the International Space Station Monday,…
Orbital ATK has completed rollout of its Antares rocket tasked with launching the Cygnus OA-9E…
A Japanese reconnaissance satellite rode to orbit Tuesday aboard the country’s H-IIA carrier rocket. Liftoff,…
Japan launched the second satellite of its Global Change Observation Mission Saturday. The GCOM-C satellite…
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched – at the third attempt – the penultimate Delta II…
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket has launched a Cygnus spacecraft on Sunday, beginning the company’s CRS-8…
Orbital ATK’s Taurus-XL rocket – now renamed Minotaur-C – returned to flight on Tuesday with…
After a mission lasting under two months, Orbital ATK’s OA-7 Cygnus spacecraft has conducted its…
Japan’s H-IIA rocket launched the second navigation satellite in the country’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System in…