Tag: Orbital Scieces

First Images of Stratolaunch “Roc” Taking Shape
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First Images of Stratolaunch “Roc” Taking Shape

Image credit KGET 17. Notice workers circled in red for scale. A series of still images from an upcoming tv news story about Stratolaunch Systems has been released, providing a rare glimpse into the project. The original Aviation Week article, with more images, is here. Background and Analysis One of the least visible launch development […]

Posted in: Stratolaunch
Policy Implications of the Antares Failure
By 2014.10.29 1 Comments Read More →

Policy Implications of the Antares Failure

Tuesday’s loss of the Orbital Sciences Antares booster carrying a Cygnus cargo vessel to the International Space Station, a failure of space hardware, is also bringing more attention to matters of space policy, where the news is both good and bad. To begin with, the explosion of the Antares rocket only six seconds into flight, […]

Posted in: Launch Vehicle Development, Orbital Sciences Corporation
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