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Orbital ATK Declares Antares Hot Fire Test Successful

Pat Host

Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

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Orbital ATK Declares Antares Hot Fire Test Successful

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

Orbital ATK [OA] declared Tuesday’s full-power hot fire test of its re-engined Antares launch vehicle a success.The 30-second hot fire test of the upgraded first stage propulsion system of Antares using new RD-181 main engines took place at 5:30 p.m. EDT at eastern Virginia’s Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), according to a company statement. The Antares engineering team is reviewing test data with NASA over the next several days to confirm that all test parameters were met.Assuming the success of…

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