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The lede says two stages. The body of the article discusses the third stage. How many stages are there? And let's get the article internally consistent. N2e ( talk) 22:05, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Done ( sdsds - talk) 05:35, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Lede says 3rd quarter 2011, infobox says 2nd quarter 2011. Both are wrong, it's been moved to 4th quarter 2011. Will someone more experienced please update it? Thanks
http://www.orbital.com/TaurusII/ 128.154.36.66 ( talk) 12:34, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
The company has changed the name of the rocket: On Dec. 12, 2011 Orbital Sciences renamed the launch vehicle "Antares" from the previous designation of Taurus II. This has been added to the article but ought to be documented on the Talk page to make the old discussions more clear. N2e ( talk) 23:30, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
"The hot-fire test will be followed about one month later by the maiden flight of the Antares rocket, which will carry a Cygnus mass simulator payload that will be heavily instrumented to gather data on the launch environment aboard Antares. In addition, four small “pico satellites” will be deployed from two dispensers that will be integrated with the mass simulator."
http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/release.asp?prid=829
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Craigboy ( talk • contribs) 00:54, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Here is NASA's image gallery for the Antares. -- WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 20:27, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Page. 114/125
-- Craigboy ( talk) 18:52, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
• Gross Liftoff Mass: 290,000 kg
• Vehicle Length: 40 m
• Vehicle Diameter: 3.9 m
• Mass to ISS Orbit: 5000 kg Baseline
http://www.orbital.com/Antares-Cygnus/files/Pre-Launch-Guest-Briefing.pdf -- Craigboy ( talk) 23:25, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Hopefully we'll be able to get some pictures from that.-- Craigboy ( talk) 00:38, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Does the Antares second-stage engine really ignite only after a long coast following mainengine cutoff (MECO) on the first stage? This Orbital-released graphic seems to indicate as much: Orbital Sciences graphic of Antares launch viewing area. If this is correct, we should find a reliable source for it and reflect the engineering and launch dynamics rationale for this rather odd design of the launch trajectory. N2e ( talk) 16:18, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
One of the bad things about Wikipedia is it is often written and edited by innumerate people. Take this information:
.....with a 293.4 kilonewtons (66,000 lbf) average (395.7 kilonewtons (89,000 lbf) maximum) thrust....
Even though the metric appears in the primary position, the USC is the round number. It is very doubtful that the average and maximum values are in reality round numbers and the actual numbers were rounded for the sake of an easier number to remember.
With this in mind it is very wrong to convert to an exact metric value as was done. The degree of rounding should be identical. There is no reason the metric values can not be stated as 300 kN and 400 kN.
Makes one wonder if the 300 kN and 400 kN are not the true values and were converted to USC, rounded then back converted to an exact conversion.
Also, why is the metric unit kilonewton spelled out instead of using its correct symbol of kN. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.105.199.216 ( talk) 02:33, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHMmMgdcOSU https://twitter.com/OrbitalSciences/status/527225682414567424 Notrium ( talk) 22:42, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
I have no idea if "Baby you're a Firework" is currently the standard way for Wikipedia to identify that a rocket launch was not successful but I sure hope it becomes the standard. First off I think it is very descriptive of the actual result. Secondly I could not stop laughing when I read it. Well played Wikipedia editor! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.193.72.27 ( talk) 03:04, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
It certainly is more accurate than simply "Failure" -- though the alternative does need a comma after 'Baby'. I second this motion to rectify the Outcome to "Baby, You're a Firework". Alternatively, one could say it was a blast. 99.149.174.22 ( talk) 03:21, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
What exactly were they sending in space? No such information is available, why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.6.3.29 ( talk) 18:03, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
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Information in the article is now confirmed incorrect.
From Article "there was significant damage to the launch pad"
From Orbital Update – October 30, 2014 Launch Site Status: "it still appears the launch site itself avoided major damage" Cvickers ( talk) 02:53, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
At the moment the info on 100 series is scattered up and down the long info box (rather than being in the relevant text section). The main ref [1] has a small table on p6 that explains the 3 digits of the 100 series versions, eg which CASTOR model on 2nd stage : The 120 uses CASTOR 30B, the 130 uses CASTOR 30XL. The graphs on p6 also have very good data on payloads to orbits that we could use. - Rod57 ( talk) 17:50, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
I'm not sure how to fix this but the image that is shown in the preview is the one from the Private Spaceflight series, which shows a Falcon 9 (with SLS in the background) and not an actual image of Antares. Nicolas Butzbach ( talk) 12:23, 5 June 2024 (UTC)