 Cygnus S.S. Sally Ride after arrival at the ISS, with solar panels damaged. | |
| Names | CRS NG-18 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
| Operator | Northrop Grumman |
| COSPAR ID | 2022-149A |
| SATCAT no. | 54232 |
| Website | Cygnus NG-18 |
| Mission duration | 165 days, 16 hours, 39 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | S.S. Sally Ride |
| Spacecraft type | Enhanced Cygnus |
| Manufacturer |
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| Launch mass | 8,050 kg (17,750 lb) |
| Payload mass | 3,749 kg (8,265 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 7 November 2022, 10:32:42 UTC (5:32:42 am EST)[1][2] |
| Rocket | Antares 230+ |
| Launch site | MARS, Pad 0A |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 22 April 2023, 03:12 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Berthing at ISS | |
| Berthing port | Unity nadir |
| RMS capture | 9 November 2022, 10:20 UTC |
| Berthing date | 9 November 2022, 13:05 UTC |
| Unberthing date | 21 April 2023, 08:37 UTC |
| RMS release | 21 April 2023, 11:22 UTC[3] |
| Time berthed | 162 days, 19 hours, 32 minutes |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 3,749 kg (8,265 lb) |
 NASA mission patch | |
NG-18 was the eighteenth flight of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its seventeenth flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-2) contract with NASA. The mission successfully launched on 7 November 2022 at 10:32:42 UTC.[1][2] This was the seventh launch of Cygnus under the CRS-2 contract.[4][5]
Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems) 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 Services (COTS) program, Orbital ATK designed, acquired, built, and assembled these components: Antares, a medium-class launch vehicle; Cygnus, an advanced spacecraft using a Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) provided by industrial partner Thales Alenia Space and a Service Module based on the Orbital GEOStar satellite bus.[6]
- ^ a b Navin, Joseph (5 November 2022). "SS Sally Ride Cygnus launches to ISS on NG-18 mission". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ a b Garner, Rob (7 November 2022). "Liftoff of Northrop Grumman's CRS-18 Antares Rocket – NASA's Northrop Grumman CRS-18 Commercial Resup Mission". NASA Blogs. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ Garcia, Mark (21 April 2023). "Robotic Arm Releases Cygnus Space Freighter from Station". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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