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ORB-1

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Low Earth Orbit Launch Area 0 A Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Cygnus CRS Orb-1 is the second planned flight of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus unmanned resupply spacecraft and its second flight to the International Space Station

Antares 120

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Configuration: 120

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.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    40.5 m
  • Diameter
    3.9 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    276.0 T
  • Thrust
    3265.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Antares 120
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  • Variant
    120
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Antares 120
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $80000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    4600.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    1500.0 kg

Cygnus CRS Orb-1


In-active Cargo Unmanned Payload Capacity: 2000 kg
Destination: International Space Station
Serial Number: None

Cygnus CRS Orb-1, also known as Orbital-1, was the second flight of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus unmanned resupply spacecraft, its second flight to the International Space Station and the third launch of the company's Antares launch vehicle.

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Successes: 65 Failures: 7 Pending: 0

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Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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