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IUKA, Miss. -- Orbital ATK's 320,000-square-foot plant, located in Iuka, Mississippi, is where the Dulles, Virginia-based company produces composite structures for United Launch Alliance's Atlas V and Delta IV families of rockets, as well as the Antares, Minotaur and Pegasus launch systems as well. Composite structures produced at the site for ULA's Delta IV include payload fairings (nose cones), aero skirts, fairings, payload attach fittings and diaphragms, interstages, centerbodys and thermal shields as well as ULA Atlas V heat shields, interstages and boat tails. Photos courtesy: Jason Rhian