NASA will launch on Thursday the latest Ukrainian-made Antares middle-class launch vehicle, designed to supply the International Space Station.

NASA will launch on Thursday the latest Ukrainian-made Antares middle-class launch vehicle, designed to supply the International Space Station. The launch, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will be the 10th of an Antares rocket and the first since May. Designed by Pivdenne Design Bureau, the first phase of the Antares rocket is made by Pivdenmash in Dnipro. Participating Ukrainian companies are: Hartron-Arkos, Hartron-Ucom, Rapid, and Chezara, of Chernihiv. The US contractor is American Orbital ATK, now called Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems.