Orbital Sciences CorporationAntares 120Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Cygnus CRS Orb-1 (S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton)

Launched

January 9, 2014

Launch Successful

Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Summary

Cygnus CRS Orb-1 (S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton) launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares 120 from Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on January 9, 2014. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 70th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,352nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Antares 120 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). SS C. Gordon Fullerton, one of 35 catalogued objects, reached a 229 × 267 km orbit inclined 51.6°. The spacecraft was Cygnus CRS Orb-1. 35 objects from this launch are catalogued, 34 of them payloads.

Watch: U.S. Cargo Ship Launches to ISS on First Resupply MissionNASA
Vehicle: Antares 120 · Orbital Sciences CorporationCommercial Resupply Services, International Space Station
Booster: No booster details on record.
Mission: Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Milestone: 1st Antares 120 flightOrbital Sciences Corporation's 70th launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,352nd orbital launch attempt3rd orbital launch attempt this year

Spacecraft

Cygnus CRS Orb-1

Cygnus CRS Orb-1, also known as Orbital-1, was the second flight of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus unmanned resupply spacecraft, its second flight to the International Space Station and the third launch of the company's Antares launch vehicle.

Destination: International Space Station
Mission length: 41 days
Docked January 12, 2014 at Harmony nadir

The Cygnus spacecraft burned up as planned upon entering Earth's atmosphere.

Flight preview

Orbit: as tracked

51.6°Inclination

229 × 267 kmPerigee × apogeefrom mean elements

89.3 minPeriodfrom mean elements

164.4°Ascending node

4662 d agoElement epoch2014-01-09 21:12 UTC · stale

SS C. Gordon Fullerton · NORAD 39502 · 2014-003 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 35 objects

Show the numbers

Object: TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
Object ID: 2013-003A
Epoch: 2014-01-09 21:12:50 UTC
Mean motion: 16.12235603 rev/day
Eccentricity: 0.0028468
Inclination: 51.6187°
Ascending node: 164.3794°
Arg. of perigee: 141.7468°
Mean anomaly: 357.1262°
Element set: 999
Rev at epoch: 2
B*: 0.0001

Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.

Catalogued objects

35 catalogued: 34 payloads, 1 rocket stage

SS C. Gordon Fullerton · NORAD 39502
Flock 1-03 · NORAD 39512 · re-entered May 15, 2014
Flock 1-04 · NORAD 39513 · re-entered June 9, 2014
Flock 1-01 · NORAD 39514 · re-entered May 25, 2014
Flock 1-02 · NORAD 39515 · re-entered June 18, 2014
Flock 1-05 · NORAD 39518 · re-entered June 2, 2014
Flock 1-06 · NORAD 39519 · re-entered June 15, 2014
Flock 1-11 · NORAD 39520 · re-entered June 6, 2014
Flock 1-12 · NORAD 39521 · re-entered May 25, 2014
Flock 1-13 · NORAD 39525 · re-entered July 6, 2014
Flock 1-07 · NORAD 39526 · re-entered June 14, 2014
Flock 1-15 · NORAD 39527 · re-entered June 13, 2014

Show 22 more payloads

Flock 1-16 · NORAD 39528 · re-entered October 26, 2014
Flock 1-09 · NORAD 39529 · re-entered July 2, 2014
Flock 1-10 · NORAD 39530 · re-entered June 20, 2014
Flock 1-14 · NORAD 39531 · re-entered May 21, 2014
Flock 1-08 · NORAD 39532 · re-entered June 20, 2014
Flock 1-17 · NORAD 39555 · re-entered May 19, 2014
Flock 1-18 · NORAD 39556 · re-entered October 29, 2014
Flock 1-21 · NORAD 39557 · re-entered May 25, 2014
Flock 1-22 · NORAD 39558 · re-entered June 5, 2014
Flock 1-19 · NORAD 39559 · re-entered June 3, 2014
Flock 1-20 · NORAD 39560 · re-entered October 9, 2014
Flock 1-25 · NORAD 39561 · re-entered July 10, 2014
Flock 1-23 · NORAD 39562 · re-entered June 16, 2014
Flock 1-26 · NORAD 39563 · re-entered June 24, 2014
Flock 1-24 · NORAD 39564 · re-entered June 10, 2014
Ardusat-2 · NORAD 39565 · re-entered May 3, 2014
UAP-SAT · NORAD 39566 · re-entered June 3, 2014
SkyCube-1 · NORAD 39567 · re-entered November 8, 2014
Litsat-1 · NORAD 39568 · re-entered May 22, 2014
LituanicaSAT-1 · NORAD 39569 · re-entered July 28, 2014
Flock 1-27 · NORAD 39570 · re-entered May 23, 2014
Flock 1-28 · NORAD 39571 · re-entered July 1, 2014

Antares A-3 Stage 2 · re-entered January 18, 2014

Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org

About this launch

Cygnus CRS Orb-1 is the second planned flight of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus unmanned resupply spacecraft and its second flight to the International Space Station

Pad

Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

4th launch from Launch Area 0 A, 1st this year · 57th from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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

113 days after the previous launch from this pad

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Questions

When did Cygnus CRS Orb-1 (S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton) launch?

Cygnus CRS Orb-1 (S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton) launched on January 9, 2014. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.

Where can I watch Cygnus CRS Orb-1 (S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton)?

Coverage: U.S. Cargo Ship Launches to ISS on First Resupply Mission. Watch the replay

What rocket launched Cygnus CRS Orb-1 (S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton)?

Antares 120, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Antares 120 spec sheet

Where did Cygnus CRS Orb-1 (S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton) launch from?

Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.

What orbit did Cygnus CRS Orb-1 (S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton) reach?

SS C. Gordon Fullerton, one of 35 catalogued objects, reached a 229 × 267 km orbit inclined 51.6°.

How many satellites did Cygnus CRS Orb-1 (S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton) launch?

34 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).

Which program is Cygnus CRS Orb-1 (S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton) part of?

Commercial Resupply Services and International Space Station. About Commercial Resupply Services