Cygnus CRS Orb-1 (S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton)

Antares launched the Cygnus Orb-1 cargo spacecraft on its first operational resupply run to the ISS under Orbital Sciences' CRS-1 contract, marking the maiden flight of the rocket's Castor 30B second stage.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

6.5 T (est.)

Flight

1st

of 2 Antares 120 flights

Date and time

9 January 2014, 18:07 UTC

Rocket

Antares 120

Builder

OSC

Launch site

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

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2014-003

Launches in 2014

3rd of 92

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