Antares 230 | Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter) launch

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Cygnus CRS OA‑5

Name: Antares 230 | Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)
Start: 2016-10-17T23:45:36Z
Location: Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Antares 230 · S.S. Alan Poindexter

Launched Mon, Oct 17 · 11:45:36 PM UTC2016-10-17 23:45:36 UTCLaunch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Reached orbit

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Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

64th

orbital launch attempt in 2016

Orbital ATK

1st

launch this year

Launch Area 0 A

1st

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

720 d 1 h

since the pad's previous launch

Replay

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Mission

This is the seventh flight of the Orbital ATK's unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Orbital ATK named the vehicle after astronaut Alan Poindexter who was the commander of STS-131.

Launch Provider

Orbital ATK

Commercial · United States of America · Founded 2015 · President David W. Thompson

Orbital ATK Inc. was an American aerospace manufacturer and defense industry company. It was formed in 2015 from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems. Orbital ATK was purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2018.

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Antares 230

Vehicle history

Height

42.5m

Diameter

3.9m

To low Earth orbit

7,800kg

Liftoff thrust

3,844kN

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Cygnus CRS OA‑5

Antares 230 · S.S. Alan Poindexter

Launched Mon, Oct 17 · 11:45:36 PM UTC2016-10-17 23:45:36 UTCLaunch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Reached orbit

Follow Orbital ATK in the app Watch the replay

Success

Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

64th

orbital launch attempt in 2016

Orbital ATK

1st

launch this year

Launch Area 0 A

1st

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

720 d 1 h

since the pad's previous launch

Replay

Replay: Antares OA5 Launch from NASA Wallops Flight Facility

Mission

Launch Provider

Orbital ATK

Commercial · United States of America · Founded 2015 · President David W. Thompson

Launches

Successful

100%

Upcoming

scheduled

FliesAntares Minotaur Pegasus

All Orbital ATK launches Website Wikipedia

Antares 230

Vehicle history

Height

42.5m

Diameter

3.9m

To low Earth orbit

7,800kg

Liftoff thrust

3,844kN

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