2014 · Orbital Sciences Corporation

Cygnus CRS Orb-3 (S.S. Deke Slayton)

failureAntares 130 | Cygnus CRS Orb-3 (S.S. Deke Slayton)

This was supposed to be the fourth Cygnus cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station, but resulted in the Antares rocket exploding seconds after liftoff.

Overview

Date / time: October 28, 2014 at 10:22 PM UTC
Outcome: failure
Mission: Cygnus CRS Orb-3 (S.S. Deke Slayton)
Mission type: Resupply
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

Antares 130 →

Launch provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation →