Working under a $1.9 billion COTS agreement with NASA, Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) has just delivered the first stage of its Antares rocket to a launch pad at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility. The vehicle's maiden flight is scheduled for as early as this July.
The company is developing th... |
13 April 2012
05:32 GMT |
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Preliminary reports as to what went wrong with the NASA Glory satellite yesterday, March 4, indicate that the Taurus XL delivery system, which is built by Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), still has a nose cone separation issue.
This is the second consecutive launch of such a rocket that fails. E... |
5 March 2011
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Officials at the Loudoun County, Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) and New Mexico-based Virgin Galactic announced recently that they signed a cooperation agreement for constructing a new spacecraft, to be proposed for NASA funding. The two companies plan to build a lifting-body spacecraft capable of s... |
16 December 2010
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Representatives of Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announce that they plan to push ahead with their scheduled rocket launch this month. The company has yet to receive the final approval of a critical system, but officials say they are confident this will not delay the maiden flight... |
8 May 2010
03:58 GMT |
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Today, officials at the leading privately-held space technology company Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) announced that the first Minotaur IV delivery system had been successfully launched for a government contractor. With this successful flight, the Minotaur rocket family's launch record is extended to 17 fla... |
28 April 2010
06:40 GMT |
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The Orbital Sciences Corporation has recently signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space at the Paris Air Show, which states that, by the end of 2011, a new resupply spaceship would have to be constructed, which would bring food, drinks, scientific equipment and other cargo to the International Space Station. The dea... |
19 June 2009
05:46 GMT |
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