🚀 On October 3, the American-Ukrainian Antares was successfully launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The first stage of the launch vehicle was designed by Ukraine’s Pivdenne Design Bureau and manufactured at Pivdenmash.
Under the Antares program, the Ukrainian companies completed the entire work package related to design, development, and manufacture of the Stage 1 Core Structure hardware commissioned by NASA.
Pivdenne states in its press release.
Yuzhnoye, Yuzhmash, and Hartron-ARKOS specialists took part in testing, preparing, and launching the Antares launch vehicle. Under the contract, Yuzhnoye provided technical support to the launch, received, and processed the real-time telemetry data. Ukrainian specialists performed the full scope of operations under their responsibility, reads the statement.
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