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Following a successful test of the five-segment solid rocket booster motor that Orbital ATK is developing for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) earlier this year, the company is making significant progress toward the second ground qualification test...

The Orbital ATK designed and built NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is now collecting the best-ever views of Ceres at its current orbital altitude of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers) known as the High Altitude Mapping Orbit (HAMO). “Dawn is performing flawlessly in ...

Now more than ever, it is a challenge to be a supplier on an aerospace and defense program. The goal of trying to exceed customers' expectations while also contributing to superior performance in delivering high-quality products and services on time ...

In early August, a group of 25 Orbital ATK volunteers from our Chandler, Arizona site drove to Camp Rainbow, located in Prescott, Arizona, to host a fun-filled evening of rockets and science. The Phoenix Children’s Hospital’s Camp Rainbow is for...

Orbital ATK employees from across the United States have worked diligently over the last several months to complete significant milestones on the company’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract for NASA. Their dedication and hard work have kept ...

Having completed Survey Orbit operations, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is once again thrusting with its ion engine, reducing its orbit altitude and getting ever closer to Ceres. In just under five weeks, it will lower its altitude from 2700 miles to only ...

As an annual sponsor of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, Orbital ATK team members enjoy the opportunity to inspire the next generation of explorers. In addition to the corporate sponsorship, each week during the...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded Orbital ATK a contract to design, produce and integrate up to three Joint Polar Satellite Systems (JPSS) satellites to provide critical weather forecasting data and to advance ...

NASA will continue its quest to study the elevation of the Earth’s surface and changes in the world’s ice caps when it launches the second Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat-2). With a bus built by Orbital ATK, the ICESat-2 satellite is ...

Out of more than 360 applications to the 2015 Orbital ATK Scholarship Program, 70 children of Orbital ATK employees were selected to receive scholarships for the 2015-2016 academic year. The program is designed to encourage and assist children of...