Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-21 (S.S. Francis R. “Dick” Scobee)
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-21 (S.S. Francis R. “Dick” Scobee)
This is the 21st flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 20th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Cygnus CRS NG-21 (S.S. Francis R. “Dick” Scobee)
Serial Unknown
Launch Crew Count 0
Status Single Use
Landing Time On-Going
Falcon 9 Block 5
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8300 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 22800 kg
Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes
Launch Success 342
Consecutive Success 45
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1080
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 12
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-1
Updates
hitura-nobad
2024-08-04T19:06:34+0000
Launch successful.
hitura-nobad
2024-08-04T15:18:16+0000
Cygnus deployed
hitura-nobad
2024-08-04T15:03:05+0000
Liftoff
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-04T14:56:47+0000
Tweaked T-0.
LL2
2024-08-04T14:45:39+0000
Official Webcast by NASA has started
hitura-nobad
2024-08-04T14:05:29+0000
Weather 35% GO
hitura-nobad
2024-08-03T14:37:57+0000
Delayed to Sunday 4th August
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-03T00:27:54+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Nosu
2024-08-01T15:40:48+0000
Weather 50%
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-30T07:33:42+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-27T02:51:02+0000
GO for launch (11:30 mark of video)
Jay
2024-07-24T17:43:50+0000
Targeting August 3rd, 15:28:51 UTC per ISS OEM data.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-24T03:09:33+0000
NET early August.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-02T17:02:10+0000
Adding launch date and time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-24T00:13:27+0000
NET August 2024. (page SO-26)
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.
International Space Station
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.
Related Events
NG-21 Cygnus Berthing
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NASA TV will livestream the installation of the Northrop Grumman NG-21 Cygnus spacecraft to the Nadir port of the Unity Module of the International Space Station.
NG-21 Cygnus Capture
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NASA TV will livestream the rendezvous and capture of Northrop Grumman's NG-21 Cygnus cargo craft to the International Space Station.
NG-21 Prelaunch Media Teleconference
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NASA will host a prelaunch media teleconference with the following participants: - Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program - Meghan Everett, deputy chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program - Ryan Tintner, vice president, civil space systems, Northrop Grumman - Jared Metter, director, flight reliability, SpaceX - Melody Lovin, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron
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