Orbital Picks Virginia Over Florida as Taurus 2's Base

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It will take about 18 months of aggressive work to prepare the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport for its new client, the Taurus 2 launch vehicle, said Billie Reed, director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority that operates the spaceport.rnTaurus 2 manufacturer Orbital Sciences Corp. ended a heated competition between Florida and Virginia to be the base of Taurus operations with its June 9 selection of the spaceport at NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore.