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Orbital Successfully Launches Antares Rocket

Monday, April 29th, 2013

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Orbital Sciences [ORB] successfully test launched its Antares medium-class rocket recently from NASA’s Wallops Island, Va., facility. The test launch was originally to take place April 17, but an umbilical cord connected to the rocket’s second stage became disconnected 12 minutes before scheduled launch. Weather ended up pushing a Friday launch to Saturday and once more to Sunday. Orbital said in a statement payload separation took place approximately 10 minutes after the 5 p.m. EDT launch. Mission completion took place…

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