ATK Rocket Motors Help Launch Boeing Delta II Rocket Carrying Earth Imaging Satellite
Oct 23, 2001
ATK (NYSE: ATK) (Alliant Techsystems) said rocket motors manufactured by its Aerospace Group helped launch a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle carrying an earth imaging satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on Oct. 18.
Three GEM-40 solid propellant strap-on motors built by ATK Thiokol Propulsion Company, Promontory, Utah, provided additional boost to the first stage of the Delta II launch vehicle, which placed the DigitalGlobe QuickBird satellite into a sun synchronous orbit.
QuickBird is a high-resolution commercial imaging spacecraft developed by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Scheduled to be operational by early 2002, QuickBird will become the highest resolution commercial imaging satellite in the world, offering identification of image details of 2-foot panchromatic spatial resolution. Applications of the satellite include mapping, urban planning, agricultural monitoring, environmental impact assessment, and disaster assessment and response.
The GEM-40 boosters are manufactured at ATK Thiokol Propulsion Company's facility in Magna, Utah.
ATK is a $1.6 billion aerospace and defense company with leading positions in propulsion, composite structures, munitions, and precision capabilities. The company, which is headquartered in Edina, Minn., employs approximately 9,600 people and has two business segments: Aerospace and Defense. ATK news and information can be found on the Internet at http://www.atk.com/
SOURCE: Alliant Techsystems
Contact: Media, Rod Bitz, +1-952-351-3063, rod_bitz@atk.com, or
Investors, Steve Wold, +1-952-351-3056, steve_wold@atk.com, both of ATK
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