Antares 230+
Antares family · Northrop Grumman Space Systems · Retired
Antares known during early development as Taurus II, is an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems after Northrop Grumman acquired Orbital ATK) and the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's COTS and CRS programs. Able to launch payloads heavier than 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) into low-Earth orbit, Antares is the largest rocket operated by Orbital ATK. Antares launches from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and made its inaugural flight on April 21, 2013.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 3,844 kN
- Height
- 42.5 m
- Diameter
- 3.9 m
- Launch mass
- 286 t
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 8,200 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-19 (S.S. Laurel Clark) — Success
- Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-18 (S.S. Sally Ride) — Success
- Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers) — Success
- Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-16 (S.S. Ellison Onizuka) — Success
- Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-15 (S.S. Katherine Johnson) — Success