Mission record

Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-15 (S.S. Katherine Johnson)

Antares 230+· Launch Area 0 A· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Resupply
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Sat, 20 Feb 2021 17:36:49 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6051 ever
Go probability
75%

Mission

This is the 15th planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 14th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This Cygnus spacecraft carries the name of American mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.

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