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Orbital Sciences Corporation (commonly referred to as Orbital) was an American company specializing in the design, manufacture, and launch of small- and medium- class space and launch vehicle systems for commercial, military and other government customers.
Orbital Sciences Corporation: NASA Success Antares A-ONE, Antares test flight, using a Castor 30A second stage and no third stage. [12] [18] 2 September 18, 2013 14:58 Antares 110 MARS, LP-0A Cygnus (standard) Orb-D1 G. David Low [19] 700 kg (1,543 lb) [20] LEO Orbital Sciences Corporation NASA (COTS) Success
Antares A-ONE mission was the maiden flight of Orbital Sciences Corporation' Antares launch vehicle including the ascent to space and accurate delivery of a simulated payload, the Cygnus Mass Simulator (CMS), which was launched 21 April 2013. [6]
Orbital Sciences Corporation space launch vehicles (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Orbital Sciences Corporation" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 ...
The satellite based on Orbital's flight-proven STAR-2 platform and generates approximately five kilowatts of payload power for 36 active transponders. [20] Upon completion of in-orbit testing, operational control of the satellite was handed over to Azerbaijan's Ministry of Communications and IT, and since October, 2017 Azercosmos OJSCo controls ...
Orbital-1, [7] [8] also known as Orb-1, [8] [9] [4] was the second flight of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo spacecraft, its second flight to the International Space Station (ISS) and the third launch of the company's Antares launch vehicle. The mission launched on 9 January 2014 at 18:07:05 UTC. [4]
SES-1 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), and is based on the Star-2.4 satellite bus.It is equipped with 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders.At launch, the satellite had a mass of 2,561 kg (5,646 lb).
On 19 February 2008, the second round selection was made to Orbital Sciences Corporation, for the Cygnus spacecraft. [25] NASA's selection statement showed that Orbital beat Boeing on expected lower costs and the added benefit of a new medium lift launcher Taurus II with Andrews, PlanetSpace and Spacehab being eliminated on funding concerns. [26]