Orbital Successfully Launches Antares Rocket with Ukrainian Components Carrying Cygnus Spacecraft on Cargo Resupply Mission to International Space Station in July 13, 2014 Company Completes Fourth Successful Antares Launch in Past 15 Months. Cygnus Operating as Planned Early in Mission; Arrival at Space Station Scheduled for Early Morning on July 16, 2014 Ukraine considers it as its success either as KB Yuzhnoye and Yushmash machine building plant, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, known also SS-18 Satan intercontinental ballistic missile producer, supply the first stage of Antares Rocket, which is based on Zenit Rocket technology. The stage is powered by a pair of AJ26 engines left over from the Soviet Union’s manned lunar program of the early 1970′s. KB Yuzhnoye and Yushmash machine building plant, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine also supply the fourth stage for Europe’s Vega small launch vehicle. finance.yahoo/news/orbital-successfully-launches-antares-rocket-195200917.html Some information on US – Ukraine co-operation in Antares Rocker project: Ukraine’s 2013 Year in Space Review parabolicarc/2014/01/05/ukraines-2013-year-review/#sthash.jfa3kqtn.dpuf
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