Military satellite prepped for Aug. 31 launch from Cape

The Space Coast will launch more International Space Station cargo as a result of last fall’s Antares rocket explosion in Virginia. Orbital ATK last week announced that it now plans to launch two Cygnus cargo craft missions on United Launch Alliance Atlas V rockets from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The first of those launches, announced soon after the Antares mishap last October, is planned in early December. Orbital ATK said another Cygnus would launch on Atlas V next year, complementing two or three Antares launches from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. More

(Source: Florida Today - Aug 16)