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

Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss)

Launched

July 13, 2014

Launch Successful
Cygnus CRS Orb-2 Patch

Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Summary

Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss) launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares 120 from Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on July 13, 2014. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 71st launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 5,390th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Antares 120 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). SS Janice Voss, one of 28 catalogued objects, reached a 205 × 262 km orbit inclined 51.6°. The spacecraft was Cygnus CRS Orb-2. 28 objects from this launch are catalogued, 27 of them payloads.

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Vehicle
Antares 120 · Orbital Sciences CorporationCommercial Resupply Services, International Space Station
Booster
No booster details on record.
Mission
Resupply · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Milestone
2nd Antares 120 flightOrbital Sciences Corporation's 71st launch2nd this yearhumanity's 5,390th orbital launch attempt41st orbital launch attempt this year

Spacecraft

Cygnus CRS Orb-2

Cygnus CRS Orb-2, also known as Orbital Sciences CRS Flight 2, was the third flight of the Orbital Sciences' unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus, its third flight to the International Space Station, and the fourth launch of the company's Antares launch vehicle. The mission launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on 13 July 2014.

  • Destination: International Space Station
  • Mission length: 34 days
  • Docked July 16, 2014 at Harmony nadir

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

Flight preview

Orbit: as tracked

51.6°Inclination
205 × 262 kmPerigee × apogeefrom mean elements
89.0 minPeriodfrom mean elements
328.3°Ascending node
4477 d agoElement epoch2014-07-13 17:54 UTC · stale

SS Janice Voss · NORAD 40084 · 2014-039 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 28 objects

Show the numbers for orbit elements
Object
TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
Object ID
2014-039A
Epoch
2014-07-13 17:54:09 UTC
Mean motion
16.17430254 rev/day
Eccentricity
0.0043469
Inclination
51.6433°
Ascending node
328.3348°
Arg. of perigee
137.2652°
Mean anomaly
222.984°
Element set
999
Rev at epoch
0
B*
0

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

28 catalogued: 27 payloads, 1 rocket stage

  • SS Janice Voss · NORAD 40084
  • Flock 1b-24 · NORAD 40122 · re-entered March 15, 2015
  • Flock 1b-23 · NORAD 40123 · re-entered March 3, 2015
  • Flock 1b-26 · NORAD 40124 · re-entered December 14, 2014
  • Flock 1b-25 · NORAD 40125 · re-entered February 1, 2015
  • Flock 1b-15 · NORAD 40126 · re-entered January 7, 2015
  • Flock 1b-16 · NORAD 40127 · re-entered December 13, 2014
  • Flock 1b-1 · NORAD 40131 · re-entered January 1, 2015
  • Flock 1b-2 · NORAD 40132 · re-entered March 14, 2015
  • Flock 1b-8 · NORAD 40133 · re-entered March 5, 2015
  • Flock 1b-7 · NORAD 40134 · re-entered January 20, 2015
  • Flock 1b-18 · NORAD 40139 · re-entered January 16, 2015
Show 15 more payloads
  • Flock 1b-17 · NORAD 40140 · re-entered March 4, 2015
  • Flock 1b-27 · NORAD 40422 · re-entered October 14, 2015
  • Flock 1b-28 · NORAD 40423 · re-entered August 7, 2015
  • Flock 1b-21 · NORAD 40427 · re-entered October 12, 2015
  • Flock 1b-22 · NORAD 40428 · re-entered October 2, 2015
  • Flock 1b-10 · NORAD 40429 · re-entered August 23, 2015
  • Flock 1b-9 · NORAD 40430 · re-entered June 28, 2015
  • Flock 1b-5 · NORAD 40453 · re-entered August 17, 2015
  • Flock 1b-6 · NORAD 40454 · re-entered October 16, 2015
  • TechEdSat-4 · NORAD 40455 · re-entered April 3, 2015
  • GEARRS · NORAD 40456 · re-entered November 7, 2015
  • MicroMAS · NORAD 40457 · re-entered August 1, 2015
  • LambdaSat · NORAD 40458 · re-entered May 16, 2015
  • Flock 1b-11 · NORAD 40459 · re-entered September 6, 2015
  • Flock 1b-12 · NORAD 40460 · re-entered September 29, 2015

Antares A-4 Stage 2 · re-entered July 19, 2014

Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org

About this launch

This is the 2nd mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Service agreement with Orbital Sciences The unmanned Cygnus cargo vessel delivered approximately 1494kg of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station.

Pad

Map of Launch Area 0 A

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

5th launch from Launch Area 0 A, 2nd this year · 58th from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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

184 days after the previous launch from this pad

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Questions

When did Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss) launch?

Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss) launched on July 13, 2014. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.

Where can I watch Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss)?

Coverage: Launch of Orbital-2 Mission to the International Space Station. Watch the replay

What rocket launched Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss)?

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

Where did Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss) launch from?

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

What orbit did Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss) reach?

SS Janice Voss, one of 28 catalogued objects, reached a 205 × 262 km orbit inclined 51.6°.

How many satellites did Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss) launch?

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

Which program is Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss) part of?

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