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CYGNUS OA-5

DecayedHuman SpaceflightLEO

OA-5, previously known as Orbital-5, was the seventh planned flight of the Orbital Sciences' uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. The mission launched on 17 October 2016 at 23:45:36 UTC. Orbital Sciences and NASA jointly developed a new space transportation system to provide commercial cargo resupply services to the International Space Station (ISS). Under the Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) program, Orbital designed and built Antares, a medium-class launch vehicle; Cygnus, an advanced maneuvering spacecraft; and a Pressurized Cargo Module which is provided by Orbital's industrial partner Thales Alenia Space.

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Launch

Launch date
October 17, 2016 at 11:45 PM UTC
Launch site
Wallops Island, USA
Launched by
Antares 230 →
Operator
Orbital ATK
Mission
Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
504 km
Periapsis
495 km
Inclination
51.64°
Orbital period
94.61 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2016-062A
NORAD catalog №
41818
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
9.1884 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 28, 2016

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 28, 2016
Time in service
42 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed