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CYGNUS OA-6
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OA-6, previously known as Orbital-6, is the sixth flight of the Orbital ATK uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its fifth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. The mission launched on 23 March 2016 at 03:05:52 UTC.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 23, 2016 at 03:05 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 401 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- Cygnus CRS OA-6 (S.S. Rick Husband)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 389 km
- Periapsis
- 387 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Orbital period
- 92.32 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 7,492 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-019A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41393
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 13.687 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- June 22, 2016
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 22, 2016
- Time in service
- 91 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed