Human Spaceflight
CYGNUS NG-19
DecayedHuman SpaceflightLEONORAD 57488
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
- August 2, 2023 at 12:31 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Wallops Island, USA
- Launched by
- Antares 230+ →
- Operator
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems
- Mission
- Cygnus CRS-2 NG-19 (S.S. Laurel Clark)
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 401 km
- Periapsis
- 397 km
- Inclination
- 51.65°
- Orbital period
- 92.54 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 7,000 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.9 × 6.4 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-110A
- NORAD catalog №
- 57488
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- January 9, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- January 9, 2024
- Time in service
- 160 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed