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  • NASA Launches Cyclone Tracking Satellite Aboard Orbital ATK-Built Pegasus Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Launches Cyclone Tracking Satellite Aboard Orbital ATK-Built Pegasus Rocket

    A NASA satellite system designed to collect weather data for use in tropical cyclone forecasting lifted off Thursday aboard the Orbital ATK-built Pegasus rocket. Pegasus carried the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System into low-Earth orbit after the rocket was deployed at approximately 39,000 feet from Orbital ATK’s Stargazer L-1011 carrier aircraft that took off from Cape Canaveral in […] More

  • NASA Postpones Hurricane Data Collection Satellite Launch to Wednesday - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Postpones Hurricane Data Collection Satellite Launch to Wednesday

    NASA has postponed the launch of a satellite system that will collect weather data to aid hurricane forecasting due to a glitch on the L-1011 Stargazer carrier aircraft’s component that was designed to release Orbital ATK‘s Pegasus XL rocket for the mission. The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System‘s launch was originally scheduled to occur Monday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in […] More

  • NASA, Orbital ATK to Launch Weather-Monitoring Satellite System Monday - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Orbital ATK to Launch Weather-Monitoring Satellite System Monday

    Orbital ATK is scheduled Monday to launch a Pegasus rocket aboard the company’s Stargazer L-1011 airplane to transport a NASA satellite system designed for weather research. NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System will lift off Monday from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 8:24 a.m. Eastern time as part of the space agency’s effort to study tropical cyclones and help meteorologists predict the path of a […] More