Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers)

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Northrop Grumman Space Systems (Commercial)
• Rocket: Antares 230+ — Antares family

Mission

This is the 17th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 16th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This Cygnus spacecraft is named after American astronaut and climate scientist Piers Sellers. Sellers was a part of three Space Shuttle missions tasked with assembly of the International Space Station.

• 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)