LAUNCH CENTER

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Wed Sep 18 2013
Orbital Sciences Corporation

Cygnus Orb-D1 (S.S. G. David Low)

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(2:58 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(2:58 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(2:58 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

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Rocket Details

Name:

Antares 110

Description:

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.

Antares 110 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Resupply
  • This is the demonstration mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Service agreement with Orbital Sciences. The unmanned Cygnus cargo vessel delivered approximately 700kg of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

Pad

Launch Area 0 A