Ultimate Steve Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 About ten minutes out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 And, we have liftoff of Antares! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 24, 2018 Author Share Posted May 24, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/06/orbital-atk-crs2-cygnus-flights-antares-commercial/ Antares will no longer throttle down for Max Q, and is going to be marketed commercially Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racescort666 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 1 hour ago, sh1pman said: So we need to rename the thread now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 If you thought there wasn’t a name crappier than LOP-G... I can rename the thread. Yuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monophonic Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) On 6/6/2018 at 4:17 AM, Racescort666 said: So we need to rename the thread now? "Orbital ATK memorial thread?" Joking aside can someone tell me what is NG's track record on keeping their acquired businesses alive? Edited June 7, 2018 by monophonic Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinimumSky5 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Quickly looking at the Wikipedia page seems encouraging, they look like they allow most of their subsidiaries to continue. The only ones that they shut down tend to be the non profitable ones, which I doubt that Orbital ATK will fall into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/06/06/pegasus-rocket-nasa-satellite-head-for-launch-base-in-pacific/ Pegasus is on its way to Kwajalein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 On 6/6/2018 at 4:37 AM, tater said: If you thought there wasn’t a name crappier than LOP-G... I thought there wasn’t. But then I built a similar thing in KSP and had to name it MOP-G... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Another delay for Pegasus with ICON https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/06/08/airplane-with-pegasus-rocket-returning-to-california-postponing-nasa-satellite-launch/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Seems like they have to relocate the icon launch to KSC or be delayed even more https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/07/05/nasa-northrop-grumman-likely-to-relocate-delayed-pegasus-launch-to-florida/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racescort666 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Since NG took over Orbital ATK, it has been much more difficult to track down information on their legacy solid rocket motors. Orbital used to have a catalog of all the motors with loaded and empty weights, now I can't find the 2016 version I had been using because the link I saved takes me to NG's website and there's basically no information on there. /rant It turned out to be unnecessary but my initial thought was the XS-1 was using a solid upper stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 OA-9 preformed an orbit raising on the ISS https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/07/11/u-s-cargo-craft-tests-reboost-capability-at-international-space-station/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 On 7/6/2018 at 6:04 AM, Racescort666 said: Since NG took over Orbital ATK, it has been much more difficult to track down information on their legacy solid rocket motors. Orbital used to have a catalog of all the motors with loaded and empty weights, now I can't find the 2016 version I had been using because the link I saved takes me to NG's website and there's basically no information on there. /rant It turned out to be unnecessary but my initial thought was the XS-1 was using a solid upper stage. Have you tried the internet archive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FleshJeb Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Just as a sidenote for anyone who wasn't aware: I've been reading through a lot of material on military hardware, and it's amazing how many weapons contracts Orbital ATK has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 13 minutes ago, FleshJeb said: Just as a sidenote for anyone who wasn't aware: I've been reading through a lot of material on military hardware, and it's amazing how many weapons contracts Orbital ATK has. That's why NG bought them. Space stuff is a side business, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Yeah. Military contracts is where the monies are. Compared to defence budget NASA gets chump's change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wumpus Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 18 hours ago, FleshJeb said: Just as a sidenote for anyone who wasn't aware: I've been reading through a lot of material on military hardware, and it's amazing how many weapons contracts Orbital ATK has. As far as I know, the original ATK is a bullet company. They make all sorts of solids that turn into rapidly expanding gas, and military uses for projectiles are the biggest application (I'd expect they go down to small arms for military and commercial use, but didn't dig that far). I'd expect that this is how they got the original contracts from the Air Force (while either still Army Air Corps, or if not commanded by old soldiers) to build solid rocket motors for ICBMs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racescort666 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 2 hours ago, wumpus said: As far as I know, the original ATK is a bullet company. They make all sorts of solids that turn into rapidly expanding gas, and military uses for projectiles are the biggest application (I'd expect they go down to small arms for military and commercial use, but didn't dig that far). I'd expect that this is how they got the original contracts from the Air Force (while either still Army Air Corps, or if not commanded by old soldiers) to build solid rocket motors for ICBMs. Some quick googling... ok, it's messy. ATK was a spin off of Honeywell's defense division. In 2001, ATK acquired Thiokol as well as some ammunition manufacturers. As one does in the defense game, they also worked on a wide variety of projects in defense so they likely had exposure to guns and such before this. They manufactured the Bushmaster series of auto-cannons used across the military branches as well as other small-, medium-, and large- caliber military ammunition. In 2014 they acquired Orbital Sciences Corporation who, until then, had been their own thing. Orbital Sciences Co had independently developed the Pegasus rocket and were also involved with the Minotaur rocket. The Minotaur, being a derivative of the Minuteman II, had some engines from Thiokol coming back around to ATK. At the same time of the merger, ATK split off it's non-defense products to Vista Outdoors who became an independent company this included the small arms ammunition manufacturing brands. It sounds like the usual song-and-dance for the defense world but it's confusing as all-get-out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 NG wants them for new ICBM contracts, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 4 hours ago, tater said: NG wants them for new ICBM contracts, right? At this point the question becomes do we really need new ICMBs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 This appears to have been drowned out by the news from Russia https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/stories-20181010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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