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[i]UTC said selling Rocketdyne will help finance its acquisition of aerospace systems and services vendor Goodrich Corp., Charlotte, N.C. Goodrich shareholders approved the takeover March 13. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne specializes in rocket propulsion and space power systems. Based in Canoga Park, Calif., with major facilities in West Palm Beach, Fla., the company makes the RL-10 upper stage engines used on United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5 and Delta 4 rockets as well as the Delta 4's RS-68 main engine. Rocketdyne is also working on the J-2X upper stage engine for NASA's planned heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS). NASA has scheduled two SLS flights so far: one in 2017 and one in 2021. Neither mission calls for an SLS stack that includes a J-2X. The possible sale of Rocketdyne, whose business suffered following the retirement of NASA's space shuttle, has been rumored for months. Rocketdyne built and maintained the main engines used on the space shuttle fleet.[/i]
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