Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Resupply

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

This is the 24th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 23rd flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Antares 330

Family:
Configuration: 330

Expendable launch vehicle developed by Northrop Grumman to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's CRS program.

Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
  • Diameter
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    7200.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Antares 330
  • Family
  • Variant
    330
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Antares 330
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

(NGSS)

CEO: Kathy Warden Founded: 2015 Successes: 15 Failures: 0 Pending: 4

Agency Type:

Northrup Grumman Space Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defence and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. They aquired Orbital ATK in 2018 along with its launchers and ongoing missions.

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