Cygnus CRS Orb-2
Antares 120
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Mission
Cygnus CRS Orb-2
Type: Resupply
This is the 2nd mission under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Service agreement with Orbital Sciences The unmanned Cygnus cargo vessel delivered approximately 1494kg of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station.
Location
Launch Area 0 A
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
72 rockets have launched from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA.
Rocket
Antares 120 – Orbital Sciences Corporation
Family: Antares
Length: 40.5 m
Diameter: 3.9 m
Launch Mass: 276 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 4600 kg
The Antares 120 was manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation with the first launch on 2014-01-09. Antares 120 has 2 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 2 launches. 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.
Agency
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: OSC
Country: USA
