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Topic: Orbital Sciences Antares-Cygnus Orb-1 patch

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 12-09-2013 08:31 AM <blockquote><font size="+0">[b]Orbital Sciences Commercial Resupply Services Mission (Orb-1)[/b]</font> An Antares rocket carrying Orbital's Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft is scheduled to lift-off from Pad-0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia no earlier than Dec. 18, 2013. Antares will boost Cygnus to a target orbit of 210 km by 298 km, from which Cygnus will use its on-board thrusters to raise its orbit to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station (ISS). Berthing with the ISS is scheduled to occur on December 21, 2013. For this mission Cygnus will be carrying approximately 1459 kg (3,217 lbs.) of cargo to the ISS for NASA. The <A HREF="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum35/HTML/000618.html">Orb-1 mission</A> is the first of eight commercial cargo resupply missions to the ISS under the NASA Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract, under which Orbital is slated to deliver up to 20,000 kg of supplies to the station.</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/orbital_orb1_patch01.jpg" width="400" height="400"></center>
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