The big water tank next to the pad will support up to 50 seconds of firing.
Bill
On Tuesday, May 10, 2016, Paul Mueller <paul.mueller.iii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Arocket has been kind of quiet lately so I thought I'd ask the question:
the latest version of the Antares rocket will be doing a 30-second static
firing test at Wallops in preparation for its next launch.
http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/05/09/key-return-to-flight-milestone-looms-for-antares-rocket/
Seems like a long burn duration--presumably they've done the analysis to
show that the pad can handle that. Any thoughts?