According to company program managers, NASA and ATK successfully completed the first test for the space agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) booster program. The demonstration held on March 28 at ATK’s Promontory, Utah, test facility, was a key avionics and controls test designated Flight Control Test-1 (FCT-1). FCT-1 included a fully integrated flight heritage Thrust Vector Control (TVC) system with the new SLS booster avionics subsystem.
The second and final FCT, FCT-2 for the next-generation booster is scheduled for September 25, according to ATK Deputy Program Manager Harry Reed. This test will be the big milestone after which the company will be ready to support the flight test which is scheduled for 2016. The hardware is expected to be ready to go by 2015.
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