Orbital Sciences CorporationAntares 110Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Cygnus Mass Simulator
Launched
April 21, 2013
Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Summary
Antares A-ONE (Cygnus Mass Simulator) launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares 110 from Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on April 21, 2013. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 65th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,285th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Antares 110 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Bell, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 244 × 265 km orbit inclined 51.6°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Antares 110 · Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Antares 110 flightOrbital Sciences Corporation's 65th launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,285th orbital launch attempt17th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Bell · NORAD 39142 · 2013-016 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2013-016A
- Epoch
- 2013-04-21 22:29:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.09815104 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0015754
- Inclination
- 51.6112°
- Ascending node
- 310.2046°
- Arg. of perigee
- 5.0606°
- Mean anomaly
- 102.6732°
- 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
6 catalogued: 5 payloads, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- Bell · NORAD 39142 · re-entered April 27, 2013
- Dove-1 · NORAD 39143 · re-entered April 27, 2013
- Alexander · NORAD 39144 · re-entered April 27, 2013
- Cygnus Mass Simulator · NORAD 39145 · re-entered May 10, 2013
- Graham · NORAD 39146 · re-entered April 26, 2013
Antares A-1 Stage 2 · re-entered May 1, 2013
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A-ONE was the maiden flight of Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket, carrying a Cygnus mass simulator to orbit along with four small satellites (three PhoneSats and Dove 1) under NASA's COTS program.
Pad
Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
2nd launch from Launch Area 0 A, 1st this year · 53rd from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
19 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
about 17 years after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Antares A-ONE (Cygnus Mass Simulator) launch?
Antares A-ONE (Cygnus Mass Simulator) launched on April 21, 2013. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Antares A-ONE (Cygnus Mass Simulator)?
Coverage: Successful Launch for Antares. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Antares A-ONE (Cygnus Mass Simulator)?
Antares 110, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Antares 110 spec sheet
Where did Antares A-ONE (Cygnus Mass Simulator) launch from?
Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.
What orbit did Antares A-ONE (Cygnus Mass Simulator) reach?
Bell, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 244 × 265 km orbit inclined 51.6°.
How many satellites did Antares A-ONE (Cygnus Mass Simulator) launch?
5 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).