Taurus II is an US medium-capacity expendable launch system being developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation. NASA awarded to Orbital a Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) contract to launch cargo missions to the International Space Station. Under this contract, the Taurus II will be used to launch the Cygnus spacecraft. It is scheduled to make its first flight in 2010. In addition, the vehicle would compete for small-to-medium missi...
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