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2016 · United Launch Alliance

Cygnus CRS OA-6 (S.S. Rick Husband)

successAtlas V 401 | Cygnus CRS OA-6 (S.S. Rick Husband)

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
Launch vehicle
Atlas V 401 →
Launch provider
United Launch Alliance →

Payloads deployed · 5

CYGNUS OA-6
LEO
LEMUR-2-BRIDGEMAN
LEO
LEMUR-2-CUBECHEESE
LEO
LEMUR-2-DRMUZZ
LEO
LEMUR-2-NATE
LEO