OSC Antares 130 Cygnus CRS Orb-3 (S.S. Deke Slayton)
Antares 130
Status
Failure
Date
28 OCT 2014
22:22
Launch Provider
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch Pad
Launch Area 0 A
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Antares 130
Mission Type
Resupply
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
2
Livestream
Rocket Details
Antares known during early development as Taurus II, is an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems after Northrop Grumman acquired Orbital ATK) and the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's COTS and CRS programs. Able to launch payloads heavier than 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) into low-Earth orbit, Antares is the largest rocket operated by Orbital ATK. Antares launches from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and made its inaugural flight on April 21, 2013.
Height
41.9 m
Diameter
3.9 m
Launch Mass
286 T
Thrust
3,265 kN