COTS Mission Demo Postponed 2 Days

The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (Photo (Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Mission Update from Orbital Sciences Corporation

Following a planning and coordination meeting held yesterday, August 21, Orbital and NASA have identified September 17, 2013 as the targeted launch date for the COTS Demonstration Mission to the International Space Station. The launch of Orbital’s Antares rocket carrying the company’s Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft will originate from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport launch pad 0A located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. Orbital’s Antares team is targeting a launch time of 11:16 a.m., which is at the opening of an available 15-minute launch window.