Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket has launched a Cygnus spacecraft on Sunday, beginning the company’s CRS-8 Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff, from Launch Pad 0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, came after Saturday’s attempt was scrubbed due to a plane in the hazard area.
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A Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket has provided people on the mid-Atlantic coast with a luminescent cloud…
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Following the loss of the CRS-3 resupply mission last October, Orbital ATK has made steady progress in…
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Repairs to the Antares launch facility at Wallops Flight Facility are expected to be completed…
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Engineers are methodically working through stacks of data related to last week’s failure of the CRS-3/OrB-3…
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Orbital’s Antares launch vehicle – tasked with lofting the CRS-3 Cygnus to the International Space…
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Orbital Sciences launched an Antares rocket with their third Cygnus spacecraft Sunday afternoon, beginning a…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 v1.1 launch of six ORBCOMM OG-2 satellites has seen its launch date…
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Orbital Sciences Corporation have launched the ORS-3 mission for the US military, using a Minotaur…
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Orbital Sciences Corporation have launched the first Cygnus spacecraft Wednesday, beginning a demonstration mission to…
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NASA’s latest mission to the Moon launched aboard an Orbital Sciences Minotaur rocket Friday night.…
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Orbital Sciences Corporation have – at the third launch attempt – launched their new Antares…
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Orbital’s Antares vehicle has enjoyed a successful hot fire test on Friday. The success followed…
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Antares, the launch vehicle tasked with lofting the Cygnus spacecraft on missions to the International…