Human Spaceflight
CYGNUS NG-12
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Cygnus is an expendable American uncrewed cargo spacecraft developed for International Space Station (ISS) resupply missions. It was originally built by Orbital Sciences Corporation with financial support from NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. The spacecraft consists of a pressurized cargo module—based largely on the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and built by Thales Alenia Space—paired with a service module derived from Orbital's GEOStar, a satellite bus. Following a successful demonstration flight in 2013, Orbital was awarded a Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 2, 2019 at 01:59 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Wallops Island, USA
- Launched by
- Antares 230+ →
- Operator
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems
- Mission
- Cygnus CRS-2 NG-12 (S.S. Alan Bean)
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 471 km
- Periapsis
- 454 km
- Inclination
- 51.62°
- Orbital period
- 93.84 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 7,000 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2019-071A
- NORAD catalog №
- 44701
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- March 17, 2020
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- March 17, 2020
- Time in service
- 136 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed