NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va.—Orbital ATK [OA] won’t test fly its re-engined Antares launch vehicle before its return to flight under NASA’s Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) program.Orbital ATK Vice President and General Manager of Antares Mike Pinkston told reporters at the flight facility in December that the company “is sure” it doesn’t need a preliminary test flight of Antares with its new RD-181 engine because the engine is “as close” to a drop-in replacement as the company can get. Pinkston…
Orbital ATK Declines To Test Fly Re-Engined Antares Before First Mission
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Rich Abott
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