Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers)
Launch Area 0 A
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
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Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers)
This is the 17th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 16th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This Cygnus spacecraft is named after American astronaut and climate scientist Piers Sellers. Sellers was a part of three Space Shuttle missions tasked with assembly of the International Space Station.
Cygnus CRS NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers)
Serial Unknown
Launch Crew Count 0
Status Single Use
Landing Time 2022-06-29T08:20:00+0000
Antares 230+
Height 42.50 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 3844 kN
Diameter 3.90 Meters
Mass To LEO 8200 kg
Liftoff Mass 286 Tonnes
Launch Success 8
Consecutive Success 8
Maiden Flight 2019-11-02
Launch Failures 0
Updates
Jay
2022-02-19T17:51:05+0000
Successful launch. Cygnus will arrive at the ISS on Monday morning.
Jay
2022-02-19T17:40:27+0000
Liftoff
SwGustav
2022-02-19T15:51:03+0000
Adjusting T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-02-18T16:49:23+0000
Weather 75%
Jay
2022-01-12T21:12:51+0000
T-0 confirmed by NASA.
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.
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