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1st LD: Orbital ATK launches ISS resupply mission with upgraded rocket

Xinhua, October 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. aerospace firm Orbital ATK on Monday launched its sixth resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), using an upgraded Antares rocket almost two years after its predecessor exploded on liftoff.

The two-stage booster, powered by new RD-181 engines from Russia and carrying a Cygnus cargo ship, blasted off at 7:45 p.m. EDT (2345 GMT) from Virginia's Wallops Flight Facility.

Under the U.S. space agency NASA's commercial resupply services contract, Cygnus carried about 5,290 pounds (2,400 kilograms) of supplies and science experiments for the ISS. Endit