Antares (rocket) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-06

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00:02:07 1 Development
00:04:12 2 Design
00:04:22 2.1 First stage
00:05:20 2.1.1 Antares 100
00:06:56 2.1.2 Antares 200
00:09:18 2.1.3 Antares 230+
00:10:57 2.2 Second stage
00:12:34 2.3 Third stage
00:13:30 2.4 Fairing
00:14:08 2.5 NASA Commercial Resupply Services 2&#160;: Enhancements
00:16:02 3 Configurations and numbering
00:16:55 4 Notable missions
00:17:05 4.1 Antares A-ONE
00:19:28 4.2 Cygnus CRS Orb-3
00:22:27 5 Launch statistics
00:22:38 5.1 Rocket configurations
00:23:16 5.2 Launch outcomes
00:23:26 6 Launch history
00:23:52 7 Future launches



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Antares (), known during early development as Taurus II, is an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems after Northrop Grumman acquired Orbital ATK) and the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's COTS and CRS programs. Able to launch payloads heavier than 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) into low-Earth orbit, Antares is the largest rocket operated by Orbital ATK. Antares launches from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and made its inaugural flight on April 21, 2013.NASA awarded Orbital a Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Space Act Agreement (SAA) in 2008 to demonstrate delivery of cargo to the International Space Station. For these COTS missions Orbital intends to use Antares to launch its Cygnus spacecraft. In addition, Antares will compete for small-to-medium missions. Originally designated the Taurus II, Orbital Sciences renamed the vehicle Antares, after the star of the same name, on December 12, 2011.
The first four Antares launch attempts were successful. During the fifth launch on October 28, 2014, the rocket failed catastrophically, and the vehicle and payload were destroyed. The failure was traced to a fault in the first stage engines. After completion of a redesign program, the rocket had a successful return to flight on October 17, 2016, delivering cargo to the ISS.