It's not a two in one year. Orbital expects about two years for the 200 Antares. So it might be closer to one core in 15 months and one core in 20 months.
Quote from: baldusi on 12/03/2014 06:27 pmIt's not a two in one year. Orbital expects about two years for the 200 Antares. So it might be closer to one core in 15 months and one core in 20 months. In that - likely - case wouldn't they need more than two launches on other vehicles to keep their obligations? They are already behind by one.
The launch cost per Antares 130 is about $240m from one of the NSF Orbital threads.
Quote from: Zed_Noir on 12/07/2014 01:32 pm The launch cost per Antares 130 is about $240m from one of the NSF Orbital threads.That's very high. The entire contract for Orbital is 1.9 Billion and that includes Antares, Cygnus, operations, etc. With 9 originally planned flights a $240m Antares alone would have cost 2.1 Billion.
Cygnus will fly on the Atlas Vhttp://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=81036&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1996251
Quote from: MDDevice on 12/09/2014 06:36 pmCygnus will fly on the Atlas Vhttp://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=81036&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1996251So to summarize:Cygnus CRS-4 - Fall 2015 - Atlas V (401?)Cygnus CRS-5 - 1Q 2016 - Antares "231" (Atlas V as back-up)Cygnus CRS-6 - 2Q 2016 - Antares "231"Cygnus CRS-7 - 4Q 2016 - Antares "231"Cygnus CRS-8 - removed from CRS-1 contract (has the spacecraft parts been built yet?)Is that correct?
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 12/09/2014 06:46 pmQuote from: MDDevice on 12/09/2014 06:36 pmCygnus will fly on the Atlas Vhttp://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=81036&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1996251So to summarize:Cygnus CRS-4 - Fall 2015 - Atlas V (401?)Cygnus CRS-5 - 1Q 2016 - Antares "231" (Atlas V as back-up)Cygnus CRS-6 - 2Q 2016 - Antares "231"Cygnus CRS-7 - 4Q 2016 - Antares "231"Cygnus CRS-8 - removed from CRS-1 contract (has the spacecraft parts been built yet?)Is that correct?Probably Antares "230""231" would have Bipropellant Transfer Stage.
Quote from: MDDevice on 12/09/2014 06:36 pmCygnus will fly on the Atlas Vhttp://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=81036&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1996251So much for the Spaceflight Insider and their SpaceX prediction. There was similar prediction about DC and CC. The only reliable source is the actual companies/ agencies involved in the decision making process.
Interesting to see that ULA/Lockheed Martin has yet to announce this contract....
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 12/09/2014 06:46 pmQuote from: MDDevice on 12/09/2014 06:36 pmCygnus will fly on the Atlas Vhttp://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=81036&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1996251So to summarize:Cygnus CRS-4 - Fall 2015 - Atlas V (401?)Cygnus CRS-5 - 1Q 2016 - Antares "231" (Atlas V as back-up)Cygnus CRS-6 - 2Q 2016 - Antares "231"Cygnus CRS-7 - 4Q 2016 - Antares "231"Cygnus CRS-8 - removed from CRS-1 contract (has the spacecraft parts been built yet?)Is that correct?They wouldn't use the same number would they?
Quote from: Lars-J on 10/29/2014 07:04 pm They also have a CRS contract with NASA, which might give NASA some leverage to make them add a Cygnus launch? OSC has a CRS contract too, they could contract ULA for launch services and this would be transparent to NASA. NASA has no leverage on Spacex or OSC to tell them which launch vehicle to use.
They also have a CRS contract with NASA, which might give NASA some leverage to make them add a Cygnus launch?
Quote from: Prober on 12/09/2014 08:04 pmQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 12/09/2014 06:46 pmQuote from: MDDevice on 12/09/2014 06:36 pmCygnus will fly on the Atlas Vhttp://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=81036&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1996251So to summarize:Cygnus CRS-4 - Fall 2015 - Atlas V (401?)Cygnus CRS-5 - 1Q 2016 - Antares "231" (Atlas V as back-up)Cygnus CRS-6 - 2Q 2016 - Antares "231"Cygnus CRS-7 - 4Q 2016 - Antares "231"Cygnus CRS-8 - removed from CRS-1 contract (has the spacecraft parts been built yet?)Is that correct?They wouldn't use the same number would they?Why wouldn't they?