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Orbital and Aerojet Complete Main Engine Lifetime Testing for Taurus II Space Launch Vehicle
15 Mar 2010, 14:54 UTC
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(Orbital) -- Russian Tests of Heritage NK-33 Rocket Engine Confirm Performance and Durability
Engine Completes Two Times Normal Firing Duration of a Taurus II Launch Profile --
(Dulles, VA) -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) and Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, along with Aerojet’s Russian partner, United Engine Corporation/SNTK, announced today that a series of NK-33 rocket engine tests conducted in Samara, Russia, were successfully completed last week in support of the dev [...]
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