Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket returned to flight in a new configuration on Monday, two years after its previous mission ended in an explosion seconds after liftoff. Monday’s launch took place from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia – at the end of a five-minute window at 19:45 EDT (23:45 UTC).
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