Northrop Grumman Space SystemsAntares 230+Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-16 (S.S. Ellison Onizuka)

Name: Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-16 (S.S. Ellison Onizuka)
Start: 2021-08-10T22:01:05.000Z
Location: Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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August 10, 2021Add to calendar

Launch SuccessfulWeather 80% go

Northrop Grumman Space Systems's 11th launch · 4th this year · humanity's 6,113th orbital launch attempt

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

Window: Aug 10, 22:01 – Aug 10, 22:01 UTC

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Cygnus CRS-2 NG-16 (S.S. Ellison Onizuka)

This is the 16th planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 15th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This Cygnus spacecraft is named after American astronaut Ellison Onizuka who died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger.

Resupply · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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Updates

Adjusting T-0
SwGustav · 8/10/2021 · source
Weather 80%
Nosu · 8/9/2021 · source
New launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/8/2021 · source

Pad — Launch Area 0 A

19 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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