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2017 · United Launch Alliance

Cygnus CRS OA-7 (S.S. John Glenn)

successAtlas V 401 | Cygnus CRS OA-7 (S.S. John Glenn)

This is the eighth planned flight of the Orbital ATK's unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its seventh flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Orbital ATK named the vehicle after astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth and pioneer of human spaceflight.

Overview

Date / time
April 18, 2017 at 03:11 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 41
Mission
Cygnus CRS OA-7 (S.S. John Glenn)
Mission type
Resupply
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Atlas V 401 →
Launch provider
United Launch Alliance →

Payloads deployed · 5

CYGNUS OA-7
LEO
LEMUR-2-ANGELA
LEO
LEMUR-2-JENNYBARNA
LEO
LEMUR-2-ROBMOORE
LEO
LEMUR-2-SPIROVISION
LEO