Reuters: Orbital ATK Pushes for Use of Retired ICBMs in Commercial Satellite Launch Vehicles
Orbital ATK has urged Congress to consider ending a two-decade ban on the use of decommissioned intercontinental ballistic missiles to build new launch vehicles intended for commercial satellite launch efforts, Reuters reported Tuesday. Irene Klotz writes the company has built Minotaur rockets with engine technology from retired ICBMs in an effort to help the U.S. […] More