NASA astrophysics satellite prepares for launch from Pacific Ocean

Orbital Sciences Corp. is in final preparations to launch NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) satellite, the company said on Tuesday. NuSTAR was designed and manufactured at OSC’s production facilities in Dulles, Va. The satellite will be launched aboard Orbital’s Pegasus air-launched rocket in a mission that will originate from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands located near the Earth’s equator in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The targeted launch date and time is Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. EDT. More

(Source: Examiner.com - Jun 14)