credit: Orbtial / caption:
Orbital Sciences released the latest concept image of its Taurus II rocket launch site (being built at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility aka the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport) during its presentation at the Space Foundation’s 26th National Space Symposium. Previously Orbital had published the image below in its Taurus II user’s guide
credit: Orbital Sciences / caption: the Taurus II launch site as shown in the rocket’s user’s guide
Well,
considering how late they were in getting started: 18 months or so, this company feeds my optimism. Let’s hope their contract isn’t somehow rescinded. It’ll be good to see the Nk-33 engine fulfill it’s potential too. Now if they just replace the Taurus II solid upper stage with an Nk-43 engine Kerolox engine…!