LAUNCH CENTER
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 401Description:
An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.
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