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Forum: Commercial Space - Military Space
Topic: Orbital Sciences Antares-Cygus COTS demo flight

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 09-05-2013 12:11 PM NASA release <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="+0">[b]Antares-Cygnus approved for Sep. 17 launch[/b]</font> <div align="justify">Orbital Sciences Corp. managers held a Flight Readiness Review Wednesday and gave a "go" to proceed toward a targeted Sept. 17 launch of the company's demonstration mission to the International Space Station. The company is scheduled to launch its Cygnus cargo resupply spacecraft to the orbiting laboratory on Sept. 17 at 11:16 a.m. EDT (1516 GMT). The Cygnus will launch aboard an Orbital Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Sept. 17 launch date is contingent upon a Sept. 6 launch from Wallops of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission. Any adjustment to the LADEE launch date could affect the ultimate target date for the Antares/Cygnus launch. A Sept. 17 launch of Cygnus would result in a Sept. 22 grapple and berthing of the cargo spacecraft by the space station's Expedition 37 crew, following a series of test maneuvers by the spacecraft upon its approach to the station. Orbital is building and testing Cygnus and Antares under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services development initiative. After successful completion of this demonstration mission to the station, Orbital will begin conducting eight planned cargo resupply flights to the space station through NASA's $1.9 billion Commercial Resupply Services contract with the company.</div></BLOCKQUOTE>
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