LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Tue Apr 18 2017
United Launch Alliance

Cygnus CRS OA-7 (S.S. John Glenn)

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(3:11 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(3:11 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(3:41 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas V 401

Description:

An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.

Atlas V 401 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Resupply
  • This is the eighth planned flight of the Orbital ATK's unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its seventh flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Orbital ATK named the vehicle after astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth and pioneer of human spaceflight.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41