Static at Stennis

Orbital Sciences Corp. plans to start static firing tests of the first-flight Aerojet AJ26 engine for the Taurus II launch vehicle at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi by Sept. 30. The engine will power the first stage of the Taurus II, which is scheduled for initial launch in June 2011.

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