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Orbital Successfully Launches First Antares Rocket

Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the worlds leading space technology companies, today completed a successful test launch of its new Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) located at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia. Lift-off took place at 5:00 p.m. (EDT) followed by payload separation approximately 10 minutes later and mission completion at about 18 minutes after launch, once the rockets upper stage completed planned manoeuvres to distance itself from the payload. The test flight demonstrated all operational aspects of the new Antares launcher, including the ascent to space and accurate delivery of a simulated payload to a target orbit of approximately 150 by 160 miles, with an inclination of 51.6 degrees, the same launch profile it will use for Orbitals upcoming cargo supply missions to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA.
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Orbital's Antares rocket begins test flight

A new rocket has just launched from the US eastern seaboard to prove its readiness to help service the International Space Station (ISS).
The 40m-tall Antares vehicle lifted clear of the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 1700 local time (2100 GMT).
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Antares rocket launch from Virginia scrubbed

The launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia has been scrubbed Wednesday due to a technical issue.
The scrub came just 12 minutes before the opening of the launch window at 5 p.m. from NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Orbital Sciences, a commercial company, said a umbilical line came loose from the second stage of the rocket.
It is unclear when the launch will be rescheduled. 
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The test flight of Orbital's roughly 135-foot Antares, targeted for 5 p.m. Wednesday, marks an important step toward establishing a second private service to resupply the International Space Station alongside SpaceX.
It also serves as a reminder of business - from the rocket launch to burgers served by local restaurants - that got away from Florida and forced a reassessment of the state's space future.
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Antares Test Flight Scheduled for April 17

Orbital Sciences Corp. completed roll-out of the first fully-integrated Antares rocket to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Saturday, April 6. Orbital has confirmed an April 17 target launch date for the rocket test flight with a planned liftoff of 21:00 UT.
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Commercial Rocket Makes Trek to Launchpad

On April 6 at Wallops Flight Facility, NASA commercial partner Orbital Sciences Corporation rolled out the first fully-integrated Antares rocket to Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A , in preparation for its inaugural flight. Orbital is testing Antares under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. NASA initiatives like COTS are helping develop a robust U.S. commercial space transportation industry with the goal of achieving safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation to and from the space station and low-Earth orbit.



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Orbital closing in on inaugural launch of Antares

Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital), one of the contractors under NASA's cargo transport program, has been busy testing its Antares rocket ahead of the launcher's inaugural flight which is being planned for March. 
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The first Orbital Sciences Antares rocket, formerly known as the Taurus 2, will launch a simulated Cygnus spacecraft on a demonstration flight on the 17 December 2012
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Wallops in the wings to resupply space station

SpaceX made history Wednesday when its Dragon spacecraft berthed with the International Space Station in what NASA touts as a key milestone in commercial spaceflight.
But waiting in the wings at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore - literally sitting on its brand new $145 million launch pad - is the Antares rocket, slated to ship the Cygnus spacecraft into orbit as the second commercial vehicle to begin resupplying the station.
Before that happens, the Antares is being put through its paces: Weeks of testing its mechanical, electrical, propellant and gas management systems.
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