Orbital Sciences survived by developing a new rocket launched from a far more reliable platform, a jumbo jet.
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The satellite itself and the rocket that carried it into orbit around Earth were built by Orbital Sciences Corp.
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The Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) will shortly test its new Antares rocket before undertaking its own ISS demonstration with a robotic vessel called Cygnus.
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