Good article, Chris. It'S great to have updates on Orbital.
I'll be surprised (and impressed) if the COTS 2+ demo goes ahead before July. Similarly I think Orbital's CRS-1 might just about sneak into 2013, but not Q3.
Quote from: Joffan on 01/22/2013 06:18 pmI'll be surprised (and impressed) if the COTS 2+ demo goes ahead before July. Similarly I think Orbital's CRS-1 might just about sneak into 2013, but not Q3.It's already 2013 think you meant sneak into 2014.
Date: May 3Mission: Orbital Sciences Corporation Test FlightLaunch Vehicle: Antares/CygnusLaunch Site: Wallops Flight Facility, Va.Launch Pad: 0ADescription: The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled for a demonstration flight on an Orbital Antares launch vehicle under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the company. Cygnus will make an attempt to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
This has been bugging me for a while:Can someone tell me what the "7K" in "7K hot fire test" stands for?
Quote from: belegor on 02/13/2013 05:11 pmThis has been bugging me for a while:Can someone tell me what the "7K" in "7K hot fire test" stands for?It's short for "7000", which is just a milestone number in someone's Gantt chart somewhere.
Since both of ULA's rockets (Atlas V and Delta IV) have had good success with ex- & rebuilt Russian/Soviet engines.