Human Spaceflight
CYGNUS NG-21
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Cygnus is an expendable American uncrewed cargo spacecraft developed for International Space Station (ISS) resupply missions. It was originally built by Orbital Sciences Corporation with financial support from NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. The spacecraft consists of a pressurized cargo module—based largely on the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and built by Thales Alenia Space—paired with a service module derived from Orbital's GEOStar, a satellite bus. Following a successful demonstration flight in 2013, Orbital was awarded a Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 4, 2024 at 03:02 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Cygnus CRS-2 NG-21 (S.S. Francis R. “Dick” Scobee)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 412 km
- Periapsis
- 408 km
- Inclination
- 51.63°
- Orbital period
- 92.77 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 8,050 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2024-139A
- NORAD catalog №
- 60378
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- March 30, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- March 30, 2025
- Time in service
- 238 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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