Posted on 08/21/2006 7:53:58 PM PDT by KevinDavis
DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2006--Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB - News) will oversee the final development, production and launch operations activities of Rocketplane Kistler's (RpK) K-1 reusable launch vehicle system, the company announced today. RpK's K-1 vehicle was selected last Friday by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the space agency's Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) program to provide unmanned cargo transportation services to and from the International Space Station (ISS). Earlier this summer, Orbital and RpK entered into a strategic relationship that established Orbital as RpK's primary industrial partner in the event the K-1 program was selected by NASA for a COTS award from a field of six contending companies.
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