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Antares 120

OSC RETIRED
At a glance
Launches
2
Success rate
100%
2 ok · 0 failed
Payload to LEO
4,600 kg
Payload to GTO
—
Status
Retired
First flight
09 Jan 2014
Reusable
No
Height
40.5 m
Diameter
3.9 m
Launch mass
276 t
Liftoff thrust
3,265 kN
Stages
2
Launch cost
$80,000,000
Booster landings
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About

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.