Officials from ViviSat say that they are now ready to build and launch their Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV), a spacecraft designed specifically to rescue satellites stranded in Earth's orbit, and to provide minor repairs and adjustments to these spacecraft.
ViviSat is a joint venture between Allian Techsystem... |
15 May 2012
08:52 GMT |
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Yesterday Utah-based aerospace company Alliant Techsystems (ATK) announced plans to develop a new space launch system for ferrying astronauts to low-Earth orbit. The system will include both a spacecraft and a rocket. The latter will be based on the Liberty delivery system ATK is now building.
Details of how this sy... |
10 May 2012
08:02 GMT |
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Representatives from the American space agency signed an important document recently, certifying the support that NASA is about to bestow on the Alliant Techsystems' (ATK) commercial Liberty Launch System (LLS). The agreement does not include monetary support from the agency.
The agreement also goes a long wa... |
14 September 2011
10:54 GMT |
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Officials from the Promontory, Utah-based Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and the American space agency announce the successful completion of a firing test involving the newest rocket motor designed by engineers at ATK. According to official sources, everything went on flawlessly.
ATK engineers say that the Demonstratio... |
9 September 2011
03:56 GMT |
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Two of the most famous developers of rocket components in the world announced today, February 8, their plans to construct a new type of rocket, that could achieve first flight as soon as 2013. The Liberty delivery system would feature parts from two of the most established flight systems in the world, which together ... |
8 February 2011
11:10 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announced Thursday, September 18, that they have selected two more companies as part of the Launch Services II contract. The Athena Launch Vehicle Family, which is developed by Lockheed Martin and Alliant Techsystems (ATK), will become a part of NASA's plans to fill in the ... |
18 September 2010
06:50 GMT |
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As part of Project Constellation efforts, NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) will soon conduct a new series of test fires with an experimental motor, designed to power up components of America's new space plan.This will be the first full-sized test of a very large solid rocket motor, a device that foll... |
19 August 2010
03:33 GMT |
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Promontory, Utah-based Alliant Techsystems (ATK), one of the main contractors for the American space agency and the space-shuttle program, announced that it delivered the last shuttle-rocket segments to Florida this Thursday (May 27). The parts were delivered to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, whic... |
29 May 2010
04:05 GMT |
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On Thursday, March 18, NASA contractor Alliant Techsystems (ATK) tested a new escape rocket motor at one of its facilities. The device was originally developed for integration on the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, which was a part of the larger Project Constellation. However, under the budget proposal that US Presid... |
20 March 2010
03:05 GMT |
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Officials at the Alliant Techsystems (ATK) have recently confirmed that the launch abort engine that will need to equip the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle – as part of Project Constellation – has been fully tested and reviewed. They say that the readiness trials showed that all eight thrusters that equipp... |
18 December 2009
01:53 GMT |
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After being postponed a couple of weeks ago on account of a minor glitch on a secondary system, the first full-scale burn of DM-1, the motor that will power up ARES I's five-segment first stage, took place yesterday. The event, which was witnessed by many onlookers, took place at a Promontory, Utah-based facilit... |
11 September 2009
01:51 GMT |
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Alliant Techsystems (ATK) successfully tested on Thursday the forward skirt extension separation test, which is crucial for NASA's ARES I-X mission, scheduled to take place sometime this year. The company has announced that its full-size test, which took place in Promontory, Utah, has been completely successful,... |
2 February 2009
07:59 GMT |
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