Minotaur 1 Rocket Launched (with video) “Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, announced that it successfully launched a Minotaur I rocket in support […]
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Cygnus Arrival At ISS Delayed Further
Cygnus Rendezvous Delayed Until 28 September “This morning, Orbital and NASA together decided to postpone the approach, rendezvous, grapple and berthing operations of the Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft with the […]
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Orbital Goes Overboard With Legal Mumbo Jumbo
Keith’s note: I just got a press release from Orbital Sciences. It was sent to a news media distribution list (that is not shown) so I do not know if […]
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How To Watch LADEE Launch From Your Front Yard
How to Watch the Launch of LADEE (with lots of images), Orbital ” … Although the views are shown in daylight, the LADEE launch is scheduled to occur at approximately […]
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Antares Launch Success
NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Test Launches Antares Rocket “Corporation Sunday launched its Antares rocket at 05:00 p.m. EDT from the new Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at the agency’s […]
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Antares Launch Update
Orbital Schedules New Antares Rocket Launch Window “Orbital Sciences Corporation today announced that the next launch attempt for the new Antares rocket will be no earlier than Saturday, April 20, […]
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Antares Is On Its Launch Pad
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) […]
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Does Orbital Still Have The Right Stuff?
Orbital’s private launch may show whether NASA made right call, Orlando Sentinel “In the past four years, a different Orbital rocket failed on two separate NASA missions. Jeff Foust, editor […]
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Next Up: Cygnus
Veteran Space Company Orbital Sciences Ready for ISS, Wired “With a few decades of space launch experience already under its belt, the Orbital Sciences Corporation is next up to demonstrate […]
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Cygnus Spacecraft Under Construction
Photo: Integration and Testing of Cygnus Service Modules “Integration and testing of Cygnus spacecraft service modules continues at our Dulles, VA Satellite Manufacturing Facility (SMF). The service module on the […]