Cygnus CRS-2 NG-16 (S.S. Ellison Onizuka)
Antares 230+
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Launch Status
Success Mission
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-16 (S.S. Ellison Onizuka)
Type: Resupply
This is the 16th planned flight of the Orbital ATK’s uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 15th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
This Cygnus spacecraft is named after American astronaut Ellison Onizuka who died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Trajectory
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Location
Launch Area 0 A
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
77 rockets have launched from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA.
Agency
Northrop Grumman Space Systems – NGSS
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: NGSS
- Administration: CEO: Kathy Warden
- Founded: 2015
- Launchers: Antares | Minotaur | Pegasus
- Spacecraft: Cygnus
- Country: USA
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.
ISS here comes the 5th Antares 230 +rocket .
S.S. Allison Onizuka astronaut , in memory of all the brave crew of the space shuttle Challenger .
Lest we forget .
A-1 Launch folks well done to all involved.