Orbital Sciences CorporationAntares 110Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Cygnus Orb-1 (S.S. G. David Low)
Launched
September 18, 2013
Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Summary
Cygnus Orb-D1 (S.S. G. David Low) launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares 110 from Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on September 18, 2013. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 68th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 5,321st orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Antares 110 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). SS G. David Low, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 267 × 280 km orbit inclined 51.6°. The spacecraft was Cygnus 1. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Resupply · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Antares 110 flightOrbital Sciences Corporation's 68th launch4th this yearhumanity's 5,321st orbital launch attempt53rd orbital launch attempt this year
Spacecraft
Cygnus 1
Cygnus Orb-D1, also known as Cygnus 1 and Orbital Sciences COTS Demo Flight, was the first flight of the Cygnus unmanned resupply spacecraft developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation. It was named after the late NASA astronaut and Orbital Sciences executive G. David Low. The flight was carried out by Orbital Sciences under contract to NASA as Cygnus' demonstration mission in the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. Cygnus was the seventh type of spacecraft to visit the ISS, after the manned Soyuz and Space Shuttle, and unmanned Progress, ATV, HTV and Dragon.
- Destination: International Space Station
- Mission length: 35 days
- Docked September 29, 2013 at Harmony nadir
The Cygnus spacecraft burned up as planned upon entering Earth's atmosphere.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SS G. David Low · NORAD 39258 · 2013-051 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2013-051A
- Epoch
- 2013-09-18 16:00:38 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.02819946 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0010071
- Inclination
- 51.6392°
- Ascending node
- 5.3542°
- Arg. of perigee
- 167.389°
- Mean anomaly
- 194.2207°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- SS G. David Low · NORAD 39258
Antares A-2 Stage 2 · re-entered October 9, 2013
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
This is the demonstration mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Service agreement with Orbital Sciences. The unmanned Cygnus cargo vessel delivered approximately 700kg of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station.
Pad
Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
3rd launch from Launch Area 0 A, 2nd this year · 55th from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
19 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
149 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Cygnus Orb-D1 (S.S. G. David Low) launch?
Cygnus Orb-D1 (S.S. G. David Low) launched on September 18, 2013. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Cygnus Orb-D1 (S.S. G. David Low)?
Coverage: The Launch of Cygnus!. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Cygnus Orb-D1 (S.S. G. David Low)?
Antares 110, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Antares 110 spec sheet
Where did Cygnus Orb-D1 (S.S. G. David Low) launch from?
Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.
What orbit did Cygnus Orb-D1 (S.S. G. David Low) reach?
SS G. David Low, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 267 × 280 km orbit inclined 51.6°.
Which program is Cygnus Orb-D1 (S.S. G. David Low) part of?
International Space Station. About International Space Station