Antares 130 | Cygnus CRS Orb-3
Launch Area 0 A
Wallops Flight Facility, 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.
Cygnus CRS Orb-3
Serial Unknown
Launch Crew Count 0
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 2014-10-28T22:22:38+0000
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
Programs
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.
