Hola amigos: A VUELO DE UN QUINDE EL BLOG., nos ha llegado la información de la Agencia Espacial NASA que se ha lanzado al espacio: The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, desde el the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013. Esta misión es completamente privada para lograr en coordinación con NASA, el uso comercial en el trafico al espacio; esta misión ANTARES ha sido desarrollado por:
http://www.orbital.com/SpaceLaunch/Antares/
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Esta es la página web de Antares:http://www.orbital.com/SpaceLaunch/Antares/
Orbital to Announce First Quarter 2013 Financial Results on April 23: Orbital Rolls Out Antares Rocket to Launch Pad at Wallops Island for Upcoming Test Flight
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The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013.The test launch marked the first flight of Antares and the first rocket launch from Pad-0A. The Antares rocket delivered the equivalent mass of a spacecraft, a so-called mass simulated payload, into Earth's orbit.
Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Antares
Antares is a two-stage launch vehicle designed to provide responsive, low-cost, and reliable access to space for medium-class payloads weighing up to 6120 kg. Initially developed to demonstrate commercial re-supply of the International Space Station under a NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) contract, the Antares launch system utilizes many management approaches, engineering standards, production and test processes common to Orbital's family of highly successful small-class Pegasus®, Taurus®, and Minotaur launch vehicles. These proven launch technologies, along with hardware from some of the world's leading aerospace suppliers, combine to provide cost-effective access to a variety of orbits for civil, commercial and military Delta II-class payloads. The first launch of Antares took place on April 21, 2013.System Features Include:
- Incorporates both solid and liquid stages and flight-proven technologies to meet medium-class mission requirements
- Provides substantial payload performance into a variety of low inclination low-Earth and sun synchronous orbits and interplanetary trajectories
- 3.9 meter fairing accommodates large payloads
- Streamlined vehicle/payload integration and testing via simplified interfaces reduce time from encapsulation to lift-off
- Capable of launching single and multiple payloads
- Initial launch capability in 2012 from the Wallops Flight Facility (WFF)
- Compatible with the Western Range at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Wallops Flight Facility, Eastern Range at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) and Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC)
Antares Lifts Off
Lift off the Antares rocket from the Wallops FLight facitlity at
5:00pm EDT. The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as
it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS)
at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21,
2013. The test launch marked the first flight of Antares and the first
rocket launch from Pad-0A. The Antares rocket delivered the equivalent
mass of a spacecraft, a so-called mass simulated payload, into Earth's
orbit. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA PARTNER ORBITAL SCIENCES TEST LAUNCHES ANTARES ROCKET
Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:26:33 PM PSTRELEASE: 13-114
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences
Corporation Sunday launched its Antares rocket at 5:00 p.m. EDT from the
new Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at the agency's Wallops
Flight Facility in Virginia.
The test flight was the first launch from the pad at Wallops and was the
first flight of Antares, which delivered the equivalent mass of a
spacecraft, a so-called mass simulated payload, into Earth's orbit.
"Today's successful test marks another significant milestone in NASA's
plan to rely on American companies to launch supplies and astronauts to
the International Space Station, bringing this important work back to
the United States where it belongs," said NASA Administrator Charles
Bolden. "Congratulations to Orbital Sciences and the NASA team that
worked alongside them for the picture-perfect launch of the Antares
rocket. In addition to providing further evidence that our strategic
space exploration plan is moving forward, this test also inaugurates
America's newest spaceport capable of launching to the space station,
opening up additional opportunities for commercial and government users.
"President Obama has presented a budget for next year that ensures the
United States will remain the world leader in space exploration, and a
critical part of this budget is the funding needed to advance NASA's
commercial space initiative. In order to stop outsourcing American space
launches, we need to have the President's budget enacted. It's a budget
that's good for our economy, good for the U.S. Space program -- and good
for American taxpayers."
The test of the Antares launch system began with the rocket's rollout
and placement on the launch pad April 6, and culminated with the
separation of the mass simulator payload from the rocket.
The completed flight paves the way for a demonstration mission by
Orbital to resupply the space station later this year. Antares will
launch experiments and supplies to the orbiting laboratory carried
aboard the company's new Cygnus cargo spacecraft through NASA's
Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract.
"Today's successful test flight of Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket from
the spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia, demonstrates an additional
private space-launch capability for the United States and lays the
groundwork for the first Antares cargo mission to the International
Space Station later this year," said John Holdren, director of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy. "The growing potential of
America's commercial space industry and NASA's use of public-private
partnerships are central to President Obama's strategy to ensure U.S.
leadership in space exploration while pushing the bounds of scientific
discovery and innovation in the 21st century. With NASA focusing on the
challenging and exciting task of sending humans deeper into space than
ever before, private companies will be crucial in taking the baton for
American cargo and crew launches into low-Earth orbit.
"I congratulate Orbital Sciences and the NASA teams at Wallops, and look
forward to more groundbreaking missions in the months and years ahead."
Orbital is building and testing its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft
under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
After successful completion of a COTS demonstration mission to the
station, Orbital will begin conducting eight planned cargo resupply
flights to the orbiting laboratory through NASA's $1.9 billion CRS
contract with the company.
NASA initiatives, such as COTS, are helping to develop a robust U.S.
commercial space transportation industry with the goal of achieving
safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation to and from the
International Space Station and low-Earth orbit. NASA's Commercial Crew
Program also is working with commercial space partners to develop
capabilities to launch U.S. astronauts from American soil in the next
few years.
For more information about the upcoming Orbital test flights, and links
to NASA's COTS and Commercial Crew programs, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/orbital
For information on Orbital's Antares launch vehicle, visit:
http://www.orbital.com/Antares
Related Links
White House Statement:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/04/21/statement-launch-antares
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver's Blog:
http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/garver/posts/post_1366578827862.html
NASA
Guillermo Gonzalo Sánchez Achutegui
Guillermo Gonzalo Sánchez Achutegui
