NASA announced the launch tonight of the carrier rocket with Ukrainian engine
On the night of Tuesday, from space flight Center on wallops island (USA) made a successful launch of the carrier rocket “Antares”, the basic construction of the first stage of which was developed and izgotovleny in Ukraine.
“That night in 2 hours and 45 minutes on Kiev time from space flight Center on wallops island (USA) made a successful launch of the carrier rocket Antares. The estimated date of docking of the cargo ship Cygnus to the International space station (ISS) – 23 October at 14:05,” – said in the message.
The basic construction of the first stage Antares rocket, developed GP “Design Bureau “southern” them. Yangel, manufactured BY “southern machine-building plant them. A. M. Makarov” in cooperation with Ukrainian companies “Hartron-Arkos” (Kharkiv), “Hartron-UCOM”(Zaporozhye), “CHEZAR”, “RAPID” (Chernihiv), etc.
Ukrainian experts participated in the preparation and launch. The launch was the sixth in the history of the project and the first after the modernization of the carrier rocket.
