KIEV , Dec. 2 – Dnipro-based Pivdenne Machine Building Plant named after Makarov (Pivdenmash) has shipped to the U.S. Orbital ATK Inc. two main structures of the first stage of the Antares medium-class launch vehicle, whose cargo flights to the International Space Station (ISS) under a contract with NASA have resumed in October after its upgrading.

The press service of the State Space Agency of Ukraine told Interfax-Ukraine that on Thursday the structures were shipped from the plant to the Mykolaiv port for sending them to the launch site.