[Satellite Today 12-22-08] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) received a $49 million contract with options from Orbital Sciences Corp. to provide at least nine flight sets of Orion solid rocket motors, ATK announced Dec. 22.
    Each flight set consists of a minimum of three stages. Work under the contract will be performed by ATK in Salt Lake City, Utah, with deliveries expected to be complete by 2011.
Orion motors are used on a variety of launch vehicles, including the Orbital Boost, Minotaur, Pegasus and Taurus launch vehicles.