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MECO – Centaur Engine Shuts Down

With the Cygnus and Centaur achieving orbit, the single engine of the rocket stage has shut down. Two minutes, 49 seconds to separation of the Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft.

Author Steven SiceloffPosted on December 6, 2015October 21, 2016Categories Cygnus, Orbital ATK

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Editor’s Note

On June 6, 2018, Orbital ATK, one of the original commercial resuppliers along with SpaceX, was officially acquired by Northrop Grumman. Visit the Northrop Grumman blog for continued coverage of commercial resupply launches.

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