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In this image released by NASA, the Orbital ATK Antares rocket, embarked aboard the Cygnus spacecraft, is launched from Pad-0A, May 21, 2018, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. .
photo by AFP
The next launch of the Antares mid-size launch vehicle produced in Ukraine as part of the contract with NASA for the provision of Commercial Supply Services (CRS) to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for November 15.
NASA Wallops Flight Facility and Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport of Virginia are expected to support the launch of the Antares rocket, carrying the company's Cygnus cargo ship to the International Space Station at 4:49 am EST.
This launch will be the tenth. The previous launch took place in May 2018.
In June, the US partner of Ukraine in the project, American Orbital ATK, the former largest US supplier of aerospace and defense equipment, was officially transformed into a new division of the company Northrop Grumman Corp. – Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems. Earlier, in September 2017, Northrop Grumman Corp. had announced the acquisition of Orbital ATK for $ 7.8 billion.
Ukraine has been cooperating with the United States of America on the Antares project since 2008. The basic structure of the first phase of the Antares rocket was designed by Pivdenne Design Bureau and carried out by Pivdenmash (both based in Dnipro). The Ukrainian companies Hartron-Arkos, Hartron-Ucom, Chernihiv's Radio Equipment Center Chezara and Rapid are also involved in the project's cooperation.
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