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

Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers)

Name: Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers)
Start: 2022-02-19T17:40:03.000Z
Location: Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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February 19, 2022Add to calendar

Launch SuccessfulWeather 75% go

Northrop Grumman Space Systems's 12th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 6,198th orbital launch attempt

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

Window: Feb 19, 17:40 – Feb 19, 17:40 UTC

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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.

Resupply · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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Updates

Successful launch. Cygnus will arrive at the ISS on Monday morning.
Jay · 2/19/2022
Liftoff
Jay · 2/19/2022
Adjusting T-0
SwGustav · 2/19/2022 · source
Weather 75%
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/18/2022 · source
T-0 confirmed by NASA.
Jay · 1/12/2022 · source

Pad — Launch Area 0 A

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

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