Antares 130 | Cygnus CRS Orb-3 (S.S. Deke Slayton)

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Orbital Sciences Corporation (Commercial)
• Rocket: Antares 130 — Antares family

Mission

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.

• Type: Resupply
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Area 0 A
• Location: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
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Program

• Commercial Resupply Services — Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The Falcon 9 and Antares rockets were also developed under the CRS program to deliver cargo spacecraft to the ISS. (Wikipedia)