13 June 2017
Asgardia nation to launch inaugural satellite
... four deployable solar arrays, will primarily be a data storage satellite. It is scheduled for launch into orbit on 12 September by an Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying the ninth Cygnus cargo freighter, which will be on its eighth operational cargo...
14 November 2017
Space nation launches first satellite into orbit
...mission at the ISS and is placed into a higher orbit. Igor Ashurbeyli, Asgardia's Head of Nation, said: "Asgardia-1 may look... protect Earth from both cosmic and man-made threats. The Orbital ATK Cygnus supply ship was packed with 3.7 tons of cargo,...
March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
... and flourishing, not only in its most visible components, with launch service providers like SpaceX and Orbital ATK, but in all facets of space exploration and utilisation. This is largely due to the approach taken by the US government...
03 December 2015
Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Launches Today
... Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. This is the fourth resupply mission performed by Orbital ATK, out of eight that it will perform under its contract with NASA. The U.S. Air Force has reported...
15 July 2016
The Week in Space: Business Digest, July 8-15
...Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo-Finmeccanica (33%), announced the signing of a new contract with Orbital ATK, Inc. Under terms of the agreement, Thales Alenia Space will supply nine additional Pressurized Cargo Modules...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... forward and aft assemblies are currently being refurbished and outfitted for flight at Kennedy Space Center. At Orbital ATK’s specialised facilities in Utah, motor segments are being cast with propellant, evaluated using nondestructive methods such...
