Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) and
Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, along with Aerojet’s Russian partner, United Engine Corporation/SNTK, have completed a series of
NK-33 rocket engine tests in Samara, Russia. These tests were in support of the development of Orbital‘s Taurus® II space launch vehicle.
The purpose of the extended-time testing of the NK-33 engine, on which the AJ26 first-stage engine for the Taurus II rocket is based, was to demonstrate a “hot-fire” duration equal to two times a normal Taurus II acceptance testing and launch profile duty cycle. Over the last two weeks, three tests were conducted by SNTK with a cumulative duration of more than 600 seconds. These tests verified the significant technical margins on engine performance and durability required by Orbital’s Taurus II development program.
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