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Antares 230 | Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)

Orbital ATKLaunch Area 0 A — Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)
Type
Resupply
Target orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Weather probability
100% go

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.

schedule

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Antares 230
Family
Antares
Variant
230
Provider
Orbital ATK
Type
Commercial
Country
USA

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launch site

Pad
Launch Area 0 A
Location
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Country
USA
Timezone
America/New_York