Cygnus CRS Orb-3
Antares 130
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Mission
Cygnus CRS Orb-3
Type: Resupply
This was supposed to be the fourth Cygnus cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station, but resulted in the Antares rocket exploding seconds after liftoff.
Location
Launch Area 0 A
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
73 rockets have launched from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA.
Rocket
Antares 130 – Orbital Sciences Corporation
Family: Antares
Length: 41.9 m
Diameter: 3.9 m
Launch Mass: 286 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 5100 kg
The Antares 130 was manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation with the first launch on 2014-10-28. Antares 130 has 0 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 1 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
