2016 · United Launch Alliance
Cygnus CRS OA-6 (S.S. Rick Husband)
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This is the sixth flight of Orbital ATK's unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its fifth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Orbital ATK named the vehicle after astronaut Rick Husband who was the commander of STS-107.
Overview
- Date / time
- March 23, 2016 at 03:05 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41
- Mission
- Cygnus CRS OA-6 (S.S. Rick Husband)
- Mission type
- Resupply
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit