Successful launch. Cygnus will arrive at the ISS on Monday morning.
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Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers)
Antares 230+
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This page records Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers) and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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LAUNCH SITEWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission
This is the 17th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 16th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This Cygnus spacecraft is named after American astronaut and climate scientist Piers Sellers. Sellers was a part of three Space Shuttle missions tasked with assembly of the International Space Station.
- Launch vehicle
- Antares 230+
- Mission type
- Resupply
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Spacecraft
- Cygnus CRS NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers)
- Destination
- International Space Station
- Launch pad
- Launch Area 0 A
- Provider
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems
- Programs
- Commercial Resupply Services
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Antares 230+
Antares known during early development as Taurus II, is an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems after Northrop Grumman acquired Orbital ATK) and the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's COTS and CRS programs. Able to launch payloads heavier than 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) into low-Earth orbit, Antares is the largest rocket operated by Orbital ATK. Antares launches from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and made its inaugural flight on April 21, 2013.
- Height
- 42.5 m
- Diameter
- 3.9 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 8
- First flight
- 2019-11-02
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Launch site & orbit
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
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