The preparation of the Antares launch vehicle, its testing and launch was carried out with the participation of Ukrainian specialists.
On Monday, November 7, from the Space Flight Center on Wallops Island (Virginia, USA), the first launch of the Antares medium-class launch vehicle took place in 2022. This was reported by the Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine.
It was noted that the rocket launched the Cygnus automatic cargo transport vehicle into orbit, carrying 3,729 kg of NASA payload for the International Space Station (ISS). Docking with the ISS is scheduled for November 9th.
According to the Ministry, the Antares launch vehicle consists of two stages. The main design of the first stage was developed by SE Yuzhnoye Design Bureau and produced by SE VO PMZ in cooperation with Ukrainian enterprises Hartron-ARKOS (Kharkov), Kievpribor (Kyiv), Hartron-YUKOM (Zaporozhye), CHEZARA TELEMETRIYA LLC, RAPID ( Chernihiv ) and others by order of the corporation Northrop Grumman (USA).
The preparation of PH Antares, its testing and launch was carried out with the participation of Ukrainian specialists.
The Ukrainian side has completed the full range of work on the design, development and material production of the main structure of the first stage for the launch vehicle.
It is noted that since 2013, the Antares launch vehicle has been launched 17 times, 16 of which were successful.
Remember that SpaceX launched a rocket with 52 Starlink satellites.
It was also reported that an innovative Earth monitoring system was demonstrated in Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
