Orbital Drops AJ-26 After Failure, Looking for Alternate Launcher - TopicsExpress



          

Orbital Drops AJ-26 After Failure, Looking for Alternate Launcher to ISS aviationweek/space/orbital-drops-aj-26-after-failure-looking-alternate-launcher-iss David Thompson, Orbital chairman and CEO, told analysts Wednesday the surplus Russian-built engines have a fundamental reliability issue and probably were responsible for the Oct. 28 mishap, which destroyed an Orbital Cygnus cargo vehicle loaded with 4,883 lb. of consumables, hardware and science equipment for the ISS.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:30:17 +0000

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