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Space

Orbital Awarded New Minotaur V Mission By USAF and NASA

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Monday, September 28th, 2009

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Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] recently said that the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) recently ordered the first Minotaur V launch vehicle under the company's Orbital/Suborbital Program-2 (OSP-2) contract. The Minotaur V rocket will propel NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) probe on a trajectory to enable it to orbit the Moon. The Air Force's Space Development and Test Wing (SDTW), located at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, administers the OSP-2 contract. The program office is responsible…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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