Cygnus CRS-2 NG-18 (S.S. Sally Ride)
Antares 230+
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Mission
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-18 (S.S. Sally Ride)
Type: Resupply
This is the 18th flight of the Orbital ATK’s uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 17th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Trajectory
View the rocket launch trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust and much more at FlightClub.io
Location
Launch Area 0 A
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
75 rockets have launched from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA.
Rocket
Antares 230+ – Northrop Grumman Space Systems
- Family: Antares
- Length: 42.5 m
- Diameter: 3.9 m
- Launch Mass: 286 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 8200 kg
The Antares 230+ was manufactured by Northrop Grumman Space Systems with the first launch on 2019-11-02. Antares 230+ has 7 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 7 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
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.
