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Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)

successAntares 230 | Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)

This is the seventh flight of the Orbital ATK's unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Orbital ATK named the vehicle after astronaut Alan Poindexter who was the commander of STS-131.

Overview

Date / time
October 17, 2016 at 11:45 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Mission
Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)
Mission type
Resupply
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Antares 230 →
Launch provider
Orbital ATK →

Payloads deployed · 5

CYGNUS OA-5
LEO
LEMUR-2-ANUBHAVTHAKUR
LEO
LEMUR-2-SOKOLSKY
LEO
LEMUR-2-WINGO
LEO
LEMUR-2-XIAOQING
LEO