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Orbital ATK eyes Kennedy Space Center as home of potential new launcher

April 21, 2016 Stephen Clark

NASA announced Thursday that Orbital ATK has begun negotiations to lease a disused section of Kennedy Space Center’s iconic Vehicle Assembly Building and an Apollo-era launch platform for the company’s proposed next-generation rocket.

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Orbital ATK, SpaceX nab U.S. Air Force propulsion contracts

January 14, 2016 Stephen Clark

Orbital ATK and SpaceX won Pentagon contracts worth a combined value of up to $241 million Wednesday in public-private partnerships crafted to hasten the U.S. military’s move away from Russian-supplied propulsion to deliver national security satellites to orbit.

News Headlines

  • NASA astronaut, two cosmonauts take Thanksgiving Day ride to space station
    November 27, 2025
  • BlackSky confirms it was the ‘confidential customer’ on recent Rocket Lab Electron rocket launch
    November 27, 2025
  • SpaceX scrubs Transporter-15 launch, targets Friday for next attempt
    November 26, 2025
  • NASA, Boeing pivot Starliner-1 mission from 4-person astronaut flight to cargo-only
    November 24, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg on brand new Falcon 9 rocket
    November 23, 2025
  • Falcon 9 rocket continues Starlink deployments with launch from Cape Canaveral
    November 21, 2025
  • Falcon 9 Starlink mission marks 100th launch of the year from Florida’s Space Coast
    November 20, 2025
  • SpaceX resumes early evening launches after FAA restrictions lifted
    November 18, 2025
  • SpaceX launches joint NASA-European sea level monitor
    November 17, 2025
  • SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch international satellite to keep watch on rising sea levels
    November 17, 2025
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