Cygnus NG-18

NG-18
Cygnus S.S. Sally Ride after arrival at the ISS, with solar panels damaged.
NamesCRS NG-18
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorNorthrop Grumman
COSPAR ID2022-149A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.54232Edit this on Wikidata
WebsiteCygnus NG-18
Mission duration165 days, 16 hours, 39 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftS.S. Sally Ride
Spacecraft typeEnhanced Cygnus
Manufacturer
Launch mass8,050 kg (17,750 lb)
Payload mass3,749 kg (8,265 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date7 November 2022, 10:32:42 (7 November 2022, 10:32:42) UTC (5:32:42 am EST)[1][2]
RocketAntares 230+
Launch siteMARS, Pad 0A
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date22 April 2023, 03:12 (22 April 2023, 03:12) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Berthing at ISS
Berthing portUnity nadir
RMS capture9 November 2022, 10:20 UTC
Berthing date9 November 2022, 13:05 UTC
Unberthing date21 April 2023, 08:37 UTC
RMS release21 April 2023, 11:22 UTC[3]
Time berthed162 days, 19 hours, 32 minutes
Cargo
Mass3,749 kg (8,265 lb)

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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]

  1. ^ a b Navin, Joseph (5 November 2022). "SS Sally Ride Cygnus launches to ISS on NG-18 mission". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Garcia, Mark (21 April 2023). "Robotic Arm Releases Cygnus Space Freighter from Station". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved 3 June 2023.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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