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NASA, ATK Successfully Complete First Test For SLS Booster Program

Monday, April 9th, 2012

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NASA and ATK [ATK] successfully completed the first test for the space agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) booster program, according to company program managers. The demonstration, held March 28 at ATK’s Promontory, Utah, test facility, was a key avionics and controls test designated Flight Control Test-1 (FCT-1). FCT-1 included a fully integrated flight heritage thrust vector control (TVC) system with the new SLS booster avionics subsystem, according to a company statement. There will be a second and final FCT, FCT-2,…

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