(Space Fellowship) Orbital and Aerojet Complete Main Engine Lifetime Testing for Taurus II Space Launch Vehicle

By , Posted 03/15/10

Link: http://spacefellowship.com/news/art19087/orbital-and-aerojet-complete-main-en...

(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 [...]