Names | CRS OA-8E |
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Mission type | ISS resupply |
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 (7:19:51 am EST)[4] |
Rocket | Antares 230[2][5][6] |
Launch site | MARS, Pad 0A |
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 ISS | |
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 Orbital ATK uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its eighth flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA. The mission launched on 12 November 2017 at 12:19:51 UTC. Orbital 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, then Orbital Sciences 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.[11]
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