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Orbital ATK Hopes To Have EELV-Class Rocket Ready By 2019

Pat Host

Wednesday, May 25th, 2016

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Orbital ATK Hopes To Have EELV-Class Rocket Ready By 2019

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] hopes to beat competitors to the launch pad by having its next-generation Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV)-class rocket fly its first Defense Department mission in 2019, according to a company spokesman.Orbital ATK spokesman Barry Beneski said Wednesday the new EELV class rocket will have solid motors for the first two stages and a liquid upper stage engine. Orbital ATK is developing its EELV-class rocket under a $47 million other transaction agreement (OTA) contract awarded by the Air…

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