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Antares LV
Series of Orbital Science launch vehicles built to support NASA's ISS resupply contract. The design used solid propellant upper stages based on the company's Pegasus / Taurus heritage mated to a lox/kerosene first stage made in the Ukraine with Russian engines.



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Antares 110 American orbital launch vehicle. Originally designated Taurus II. Pad-launched launch vehicle using Pegasus upper stages and a first stage combining a Ukrainian Zenit lower stage fitted with 30-year old surplus Russian N1 moon program rocket engines.

Antares 120 Antares variant with a more powerful ATK Castor 30B second stage replacing the Castor 30 used on earlier flights.

Antares 130 Antares variant with a stretched ATK Castor 30XL second stage replacing the Castor 30B used on earlier flights.

Antares 230 American orbital launch vehicle. Pad-launched launch vehicle using Pegasus upper stages and a first stage combining a Ukrainian Zenit lower stage fitted with RD-181 lox/kerosene engines in place of NK-33 engines disastorously used in the earlier versions.

Country: USA.

2013 April 21 - . 21:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LP0A. LV Family: Antares LV. Launch Vehicle: Antares 110.
2013 September 18 - . 14:58 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LA0A. LV Family: Antares LV. Launch Vehicle: Antares 110.
2014 January 9 - . 18:07 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LA0A. LV Family: Antares LV. Launch Vehicle: Antares 120.
2014 July 13 - . 16:52 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LP0A. LV Family: Antares LV. Launch Vehicle: Antares 120.
2014 October 28 - . 22:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LA0A. Launch Pad: Wallops MARS 0A. LV Family: Antares LV. Launch Vehicle: Antares 130. FAILURE: Vehicle exploded 14 seconds after launch at an altitude of about 100 metres, and the vehicle and payloads fell back to the pad, resulting in a large explosion. Traced to failure of turbopump in first stage engine; same defect as doomed the N1 moon rocket.. Failed Stage: 1.
2016 October 17 - . 23:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LA0A. Launch Pad: Wallops MARS 0A. LV Family: Antares LV. Launch Vehicle: Antares 230.
2017 November 12 - . 12:18 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island Pad 0A. LV Family: Antares LV. Launch Vehicle: Antares 230.
2017 November 12 - . 12:18 GMT - . Launch Platform: ISS. LV Family: Antares LV. Launch Vehicle: Antares 230.
2018 May 21 - . 08:43 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island Pad 0A. LV Family: Antares LV. Launch Vehicle: Antares 230.
2018 May 21 - . 08:43 GMT - . Launch Platform: ISS. LV Family: Antares LV. Launch Vehicle: Antares 230.
2018 November 17 - . 09:01 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LA0B. LV Family: Antares LV. Launch Vehicle: Antares 230.

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