Orbital GETS COTS Demo OK from FAA

Orbital Receives FAA Commercial Space Transportation License For Taurus II COTS Demonstration Mission
“Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it received a Commercial Space Transportation Launch License from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program demonstration mission in early 2012. An expanded license covering the test flight of the company’s Taurus(R) II rocket in late 2011 is expected to be granted in the near future.”