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Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers)

successAntares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers)

This is the 17th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 16th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This Cygnus spacecraft is named after American astronaut and climate scientist Piers Sellers. Sellers was a part of three Space Shuttle missions tasked with assembly of the International Space Station.

Overview

Date / time
February 19, 2022 at 05:40 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Mission
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers)
Mission type
Resupply
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Antares 230+ →
Launch provider
Northrop Grumman Space Systems →

Payloads deployed · 2

CYGNUS NG-17
LEO
NACHOS-1
LEO