Cygnus OA-8E
Mission type | ISS logistics |
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Operator | Orbital ATK |
COSPAR ID | 2017-071A |
SATCAT no. | 43006 |
Mission duration | 36 days, 34 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | S.S. Gene Cernan |
Spacecraft type | Enhanced Cygnus[1][2] |
Manufacturer |
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Launch mass | 6,172 kg (13,607 lb)[3] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 12 November 2017, 12:19:51 UTC[4] |
Rocket | Antares 230[2][5][6] |
Launch site | Wallops Pad 0A |
Contractor | Orbital ATK |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 18 December 2017, 12:54 UTC[7] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Berthing at the International Space Station | |
Berthing port | Unity nadir |
RMS capture | 14 November 2017, 10:04 UTC[8] |
Berthing date | 14 November 2017, 12:15 UTC[8] |
Unberthing date | 5 December 2017, 17:52 UTC |
RMS release | 6 December 2017, 13:11 UTC[9] |
Time berthed | 21 days, 5 hours, 37 minutes |
Cargo | |
Mass | 3,338 kg (7,359 lb)[10] |
Pressurised | 3,229 kg (7,119 lb) |
Unpressurised | 109 kg (240 lb) |
NASA insignia |
OA-8E was the ninth flight of the
History
The COTS demonstration mission was successfully conducted in September 2013, and Orbital commenced operational ISS cargo missions under the Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) program with two missions in 2014. Regrettably, the third operational mission,
In the meantime, the company had contracted with United Launch Alliance for an
Production and integration of Cygnus spacecraft is performed in Dulles, Virginia. The Cygnus service module is mated with the pressurized cargo module at the launch site, and mission operations are conducted from control centers in Dulles, Virginia and Houston, Texas.[11]
The launch was previously scheduled for 10 November 2017 at 13:03 UTC before being moved to 11 November 2017 at 12:37:24 UTC. The 11 November 2017 launch attempt resulted in a twenty-four hour recycle due to a plane flying into the restricted area with less than a minute into the count. The Antares rocket launched the 8th Cygnus cargo vehicle on Sunday 12 November 2017 at 12:19:51 UTC.
Spacecraft
This was the eighth of ten flights by
In an Orbital ATK tradition, this Cygnus spacecraft was named the S.S. Gene Cernan after one of NASA's Apollo astronauts,
Manifest
Total cargo mass: 3,338 kg (7,359 lb)[10]
- Pressured cargo with packaging: 3,229 kg (7,119 lb)
- Crew supplies: 1,240 kg (2,730 lb)
- Science investigations: 740 kg (1,630 lb)
- Spacewalk equipment: 132 kg (291 lb)
- Vehicle hardware: 851 kg (1,876 lb)
- Computer resources: 34 kg (75 lb)
- Unpressurized cargo: 109 kg (240 lb)
See also
References
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- ^ a b "Orbital ATK Team on Track for Fall 2015 Cygnus Mission and Antares Return to Flight in 2016". Orbital ATK. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "Cygnus OA-8 Mission: Fact Sheet" (PDF). Orbital ATK. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ "Cygnus "S.S. Gene Cernan" En-Route to Space Station after Sunday Morning Commute to Orbit". Spaceflight101.com. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ a b c Gebhardt, Chris (14 August 2015). "Orbital ATK make progress toward Return To Flight of Antares rocket". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ a b c d Leone, Dan (17 August 2015). "NASA Orders Two More ISS Cargo Missions From Orbital ATK". SpaceNews. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ "Mission Update: OA-8 Space Station Cargo Resupply". Orbital ATK. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Installed on ISS for Critical Supplies Delivery". Spaceflight101.com. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ "Cygnus OA-8 Cargo Craft Departs ISS after Three-Week Stay for CubeSat Deployment and Re-Entry". Spaceflight101.com. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Overview: Orbital ATK CRS-8 Mission" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 22 April 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Cygnus Fact Sheet" (PDF). Orbital ATK. 24 March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ Leone, Dan (20 August 2015). "NASA Considering More Cargo Orders from Orbital ATK, SpaceX". SpaceNews. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "S.S. Gene Cernan OA-8 Cargo Delivery Mission to the International Space Station" (PDF). orbital ATK. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.