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NASA and Orbital ATK Test Five-Segment Rocket Motor for SLS

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NASA and Orbital ATK Test Five-Segment Rocket Motor for SLS
A two minute test firing of Orbital ATK’s five-segmented rocket motor for the booster of the Space Launch System (SLS) at an Orbital ATK facility in Utah. Photo: NASA.

NASA and Orbital ATK [OA] conducted the first qualification ground test of a five-segmented rocket motor planned to be used for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the company said on Wednesday.This first pre-flight test, performed at Promontory, Utah, was called Qualification Motor 1 (QM-1). It is a milestone in validating the rocket motor’s use for SLS and deep space missions, the company said.Initial data indicates the motor performed as designed and delivered the anticipated performance. It produced about 3.6 million…

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