Description
Antares Rocket Antares (also Taurus II), is an expendable launch system, developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now Northrop Grumman ) and the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station. Able to launch payloads heavier than 8,000 kg into low-Earth orbit. Antares launches from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and made its inaugural flight on April 21, 2013."