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Orbital Sciences Awards ATK Stratolaunch System Support Contract

Wednesday, August 14th, 2013

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ATK [ATK] has received a contract from Orbital Sciences [ORB] to provide first- and second-stage propulsion for the Air Launch Vehicle (ALV) that Orbital is designing and building for Stratolaunch Systems Corp., according to an ATK statement. Stratolaunch Systems is assembling a revolutionary air-launched space transportation system. The contract from Orbital includes the design, development and flight hardware for the initial Stratolaunch missions. This new work expands ATK’s partnership with Orbital, dating back to the development of Orbital’s original air-launched…

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