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Forum: Commercial Space - Military Space
Topic: Orbital Sciences' Cygnus-Antares spacecraft

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 10-20-2012 08:47 AM Orbital Sciences, in [URL=http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/release.asp?prid=831]announcing[/URL] its third quarter financial results, confirmed its first flight to the International Space Station has been postponed to 2013. <BLOCKQUOTE><div align="justify">...Orbital also achieved several milestones in its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft development programs over the last three months. The company's activities on these programs were highlighted by the testing and activation of the new launch complex at Wallops Island and the roll-out to the pad of an Antares first stage rocket to be used in the final ground tests prior to the inaugural flight of the rocket. In addition, Orbital's first two Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft have completed their major functional and environmental testing. These Cygnus spacecraft are expected to be delivered to Wallops Island in early 2013 for integration with Antares rockets and launches to the International Space Station on COTS and CRS missions.</div></BLOCKQUOTE> Orbital's Chief Executive David W. Thompson further told [URL=http://www.spacenews.com/launch/121018-cygnus-debut-pushed.html][i]Space News[/i][/URL] that the company's demonstration flight to the space station would occur late in the first quarter of 2013 or early in the second quarter, depending on the station's traffic schedule and on Antares' status. An engine-firing test with the Antares first stage currently on the launch pad is planned for early November, and if successful, it will lead to a full Antares rocket test flight, without the Cygnus cargo vehicle, in December.
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