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Orbital to scrap AJ-26, outsource 1 or 2 CRS launches

Submit on Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 22:59

Orbital Sciences Corporation announced comprehensive plans to fulfil its contract commitments under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) programme as well as to accelerate an upgrade of the Antares medium-class launcher’s main propulsion system. The recent crash of an Antares rocket was likely caused by a turbopump failure.

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