Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport – Page 7

Orbital ATK readies cargo ship for launch to space station

May 20, 2018 William Harwood

Orbital ATK readied an upgraded Antares rocket for launch Monday from Wallops Island, Va., to deliver more than 3 tons of crew supplies, science gear, spare parts and three small satellites to the International Space Station to test miniaturized, low-cost technologies for Earth observation applications.

Photos: Antares rocket poised for liftoff from Virginia’s Eastern Shore

May 20, 2018 Stephen Clark

A 139-foot-tall Antares rocket is slated for a predawn launch Monday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, carrying a Cygnus supply ship heading for the International Space Station.

Antares rocket rolls to Virginia launch pad, liftoff delayed to Monday

May 18, 2018 Stephen Clark

Orbital ATK transferred an Antares rocket and Cygnus supply ship to their launch pad on Virginia’s Eastern Shore late Thursday for a liftoff now targeted for Monday with nearly 7,400 pounds of cargo heading for the International Space Station.

Wallops launch base receives final hardware delivery for next Cygnus mission

October 10, 2017 Stephen Clark

Orbital ATK shipped the final major piece of hardware for the next Cygnus space station resupply mission to a launch base on Virginia’s Eastern Shore last week as technicians began loading cargo destined for delivery to the orbiting research lab.

Orbital ATK kicks off follow-on station cargo contract, targets next Antares launch in October

August 3, 2017 Stephen Clark

As Orbital ATK engineers aim for the next launch of the company’s Antares rocket from Virginia this fall, early planning for missions to keep the International Space Station supplied through the early 2020s is already underway.

Minotaur rocket launch for NRO expected at Wallops by end of 2018

January 12, 2017 Stephen Clark

A classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite mission assigned last month to launch on an Orbital ATK Minotaur 1 rocket will take off from Wallops Island in Virginia by the end of 2018, a U.S. Air Force spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.

Photos: Antares rocket lights up eastern shore of Virginia

October 22, 2016 Stephen Clark

Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket returned to flight Oct. 17 with a successful evening launch from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, a beacon visible for hundreds of miles along the U.S. East Coast as the 13-story rocket set course for a cargo delivery to the International Space Station.

Antares rocket back in action with successful launch of upgraded booster

October 18, 2016 Stephen Clark

A commercial Antares cargo booster powered by new kerosene-fueled rocket engines streaked into orbit from a launch pad on the Virginia coastline Monday, returning to service to resupply the International Space Station after a two-year grounding stemming from a fiery crash in 2014.

Key events during the Antares rocket’s climb to orbit

October 17, 2016 Stephen Clark

Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket will deliver the commercial Cygnus supply ship to an orbit with an altitude between 130 miles and 179 miles within about nine minutes of liftoff from Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

Antares launch visibility maps

October 17, 2016 Stephen Clark

Residents along the U.S. East Coast from South Carolina to Massachusetts could glimpse Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket climbing into space Monday night on a cargo run to the International Space Station.