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Antares Is On Its Launch Pad

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
April 6, 2013
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Orbital Rolls Out Antares Rocket to Launch Pad at Wallops Island For Upcoming Test Flight
“Early this morning, Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) rolled out the first fully integrated Antares(TM) rocket from its assembly building at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in eastern Virginia in preparation for its inaugural flight that is scheduled for April 17 at approximately 5:00 p.m. (EDT).”

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6 responses to “Antares Is On Its Launch Pad”

  1. Ben Russell-Gough says:
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    It will be good to finally see this bird fly.  A kerolox core and a solid sustainer makes Antares unique, as far as I know.  I will be very interested to see how it performs.

  2. dogstar29 says:
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    From a purely technical standpoint, a liquid propellant upper stage would have provided greater capability. But Orbital continues to survive by being scrappy and imaginative although they lack the capital to go “in house” and “clean sheet” like SpaceX.