Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)
Antares 230
Orbital ATK
Launch Status
SuccessMission
Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)
Type: Resupply
This is the seventh flight of the Orbital ATK’s unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Orbital ATK named the vehicle after astronaut Alan Poindexter who was the commander of STS-131.
Trajectory
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Location
Launch Area 0 A
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
77 rockets have launched from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA.
Agency
Orbital ATK – OA
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: OA
- Administration: President: David W. Thompson
- Founded: 2015
- Launchers: Antares | Minotaur | Pegasus
- Country: USA
Orbital ATK Inc. was an American aerospace manufacturer and defense industry company. It was formed in 2015 from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems. Orbital ATK was purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2018.
