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Antares Back In Business With Successful Launch

Pat Host

Tuesday, October 18th, 2016

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Antares Back In Business With Successful Launch

Orbital's Cygnus capsule and Antares rocket Oct. 28, 2014, prior to failure at NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility. Photo: NASA.

Orbital ATK’s [OA] Antares rocket is back in business following a successful launch Monday night on a NASA Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission.Launch took place at 7:45 p.m. EDT from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at Wallops Island, Va., according to a NASA statement. The re-engined Antares lifted the company’s Cygnus capsule toward orbit. Cygnus is scheduled to arrive at ISS on Sunday.This is both the first flight on the re-engined Antares and the first launch from Wallops Island following…

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