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Cygnus CRS-2 NG-15 (S.S. Katherine Johnson)

successAntares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-15 (S.S. Katherine Johnson)

This is the 15th planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 14th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This Cygnus spacecraft carries the name of American mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.

Overview

Date / time
February 20, 2021 at 05:36 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Mission
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-15 (S.S. Katherine Johnson)
Mission type
Resupply
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Antares 230+ →
Launch provider
Northrop Grumman Space Systems →

Payloads deployed · 6

CYGNUS NG-15
LEO
DHABISAT (MYSAT-2)
LEO
GUNSMOKE-J 2
LEO
IT-SPINS
LEO
ORCA-6
LEO
ORCA-7
LEO