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1 day ago · Antares (⫽ æ n ˈ t ɑː r iː z ⫽), known during early development as Taurus II, is an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (later part of Northrop Grumman) and the Pivdenne Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's COTS and CRS programs.
4 days ago · The Cygnus Spacecraft is an unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft designed and operated by Orbital Sciences Corporation. The Cygnus program started as part of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Program (COTS) and enters the Commercial Resupply Services Program once completing its first demonstration flight.
Jun 28, 2024 · In the summer of 1996, NASA contracted with Orbital Sciences Corp. to design, build, and test-fly the X-34 – a small, reusable technology demonstrator for a launch vehicle. The X-34 was a single-engine rocket plane that was to be carried aloft and launched from an Orbital Sciences L-1011 aircraft.
4 days ago · Landsat LDCM was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation (Bus), NASA Goddard (Payload) and Ball Aerospace (Payload) and the satellite will be operated by NASA and USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) once in orbit.
4 days ago · Mission Design & Timeline. Image: NASA/LMSAL. IRIS is planned to perform a two-year nominal mission in a sun-synchronous orbit after being launched by a Pegasus XL rocket and completing in-orbit commissioning. Based on spacecraft performance and science demands, the primary mission will be extended. The orbit of the vehicle will decay within 25 ...
2 days ago · In 2013, Orbital Sciences Corporation received a four-year, US$75 million contract to build TESS for NASA. TESS uses an Orbital Sciences LEOStar-2 satellite bus, capable of three-axis stabilization using four hydrazine thrusters plus four reaction wheels providing better than three arcsecond fine spacecraft pointing
Jun 11, 2024 · The recent acceleration of commercial, private, and multi-national spaceflight has created an unprecedented level of activity in low Earth orbit (LEO), concomitant with the highest-ever number of...
