Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter) Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

17 Oct 2016, 11:45pm

UTC

Location

Wallops Island

Pad

Launch Area 0 A

Launch Service Provider

Orbital ATK

Vehicle

Antares 230

Spacecraft Stage

Cygnus Enhanced

Mission

Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)

Mission Type

Resupply

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

This is the seventh flight of the Orbital ATK's unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Orbital ATK named the vehicle after astronaut Alan Poindexter who was the commander of STS-131.

Available Replays

Live

Antares OA5 Launch from NASA Wallops Flight Facility