Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers)

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus NG-17 resupply spacecraft, named S.S. Piers Sellers after the astronaut and climate scientist, launched on an Antares 230+ from Wallops Island carrying about 6,600 kg of cargo to the ISS and performed the program's first operational station reboost.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

12 T

Flight

6th

of 8 Antares 230+ flights

Date and time

19 February 2022, 17:40 UTC

Rocket

Antares 230+

Builder

NGSS

Launch site

Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Payload

Resupply

International designator

2022-015

Launches in 2022

16th of 186

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