Cygnus CRS-2 NG-12 (S.S. Alan Bean)

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus NG-12 cargo craft, named S.S. Alan Bean, launched on an Antares 230+ from Wallops Island carrying about 3,700 kg of ISS supplies, the first Cygnus mission flown under NASA's CRS-2 contract.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

11.8 T

Flight

1st

of 8 Antares 230+ flights

Date and time

2 November 2019, 13:59 UTC

Rocket

Antares 230+

Builder

NGSS

Launch site

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

Payload

Resupply

International designator

2019-071

Launches in 2019

76th of 102

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