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CYGNUS ORB-2
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Orbital-2, also known as Orb-2, was the third flight of the Orbital Sciences' uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus, its third flight to the International Space Station, and the fourth launch of the company's Antares launch vehicle. The mission launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on 13 July 2014 at 16:52:14 UTC.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 13, 2014 at 04:52 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Wallops Island, USA
- Launched by
- Antares 120 →
- Operator
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Mission
- Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 407 km
- Periapsis
- 386 km
- Inclination
- 51.65°
- Orbital period
- 92.48 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-039A
- NORAD catalog №
- 40084
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 7.583 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- August 17, 2014
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- August 17, 2014
- Time in service
- 35 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed