Cygnus OA-5

OA-5
Canadarm2 grapples the S.S. Alan Poindexter.
NamesCRS OA-5
CRS Orb-5 (2008–2015)
Orbital-5 (2008–2015)
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorOrbital ATK
COSPAR ID2016-062A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.41818Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration40 days, 23 hours, 51 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftS.S. Alan Poindexter
Spacecraft typeEnhanced Cygnus[1][2]
Manufacturer
Launch mass6,172 kg (13,607 lb)[3]
Start of mission
Launch date17 October 2016, 23:45:36 (17 October 2016, 23:45:36) UTC (7:45:36 pm EDT)[4]
RocketAntares 230[5][6]
Launch siteMARS, Pad 0A
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date27 November 2016, 23:36 (27 November 2016, 23:36) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.66°
Berthing at ISS
Berthing portUnity nadir[4]
RMS capture23 October 2016, 11:28 UTC[7]
Berthing date23 October 2016, 14:53 UTC[8]
Unberthing date21 November 2016, 11:25 UTC[9]
RMS release21 November 2016, 13:22 UTC[10][11]
Time berthed28 days, 20 hours, 32 minutes
Cargo
Mass2,425 kg (5,346 lb)[3]
Pressurised2,342 kg (5,163 lb)[12]
Unpressurised83 kg (183 lb)[12]

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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.[13][14] 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.[15]

The Cygnus spacecraft for this mission is named the S.S. Alan Poindexter in honor to astronaut Alan G. Poindexter, a deceased Space Shuttle commander.[16] Poindexter was selected in the 1998 NASA Group (G17) and went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-122 and STS-131.

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