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Orbital Successfully Launches Orb-2 Mission, NASA Issues CRS-2 Draft RFP

Orbital Successfully Launches Orb-2 Mission, NASA Issues CRS-2 Draft RFP
Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket launches July 13 for the company's Orb-2 Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) mission for NASA. Photo: Orbital.

Orbital Sciences [ORB] and NASA Sunday successfully launched the company’s Antares medium-class rocket as part of its Orb-2 Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS), according to a company statement. Launch took place Sunday at 12:52 p.m. EDT from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility (WFF) on the eastern shore of Virginia. Following a 10-minute ascent, the Cygnus spacecraft was successfully deployed and placed into its intended orbit of 120x180 miles above the earth, inclined at 51.6…

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