Antares 130 | Cygnus CRS Orb-3

Antares 130 | Cygnus CRS Orb-3

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Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

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Cygnus CRS Orb-3

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.

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Cygnus CRS Orb-3


Serial Unknown

Launch Crew Count 0

Status Destroyed

Landing Time 2014-10-28T22:22:38+0000


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Antares 130


Height 41.90 Meters

Max Stages 2

Mass To GTO 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust 3265 kN

Diameter 3.90 Meters

Mass To LEO 5100 kg

Liftoff Mass 286 Tonnes


Launch Success 0

Consecutive Success 0

Maiden Flight 2014-10-28

Launch Failures 1


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Commercial Resupply Services

Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The Falcon 9 and Antares rockets were also developed under the CRS program to deliver cargo spacecraft to the ISS.

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