Human Spaceflight
CYGNUS NG-15
DecayedHuman SpaceflightLEONORAD 47689
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 date
- February 20, 2021 at 05:36 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Wallops Island, USA
- Launched by
- Antares 230+ →
- Operator
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems
- Mission
- Cygnus CRS-2 NG-15 (S.S. Katherine Johnson)
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 500 km
- Periapsis
- 488 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Orbital period
- 94.49 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 7,000 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.9 × 6.4 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-013A
- NORAD catalog №
- 47689
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- July 2, 2021
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- July 2, 2021
- Time in service
- 132 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed