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Cygnus CRS OA-4

Fifth cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus CRS OA-4 was launched on December 6, 2015 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Dec 9, 2015).

COSPAR 2015-072ANORAD 41101United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
SS Deke Slayton II
Common name
Cygnus CRS OA-4
Payload designation
Cygnus OA-4
Other names
Cygnus PCM-4
International designator
2015-072A
NORAD catalog number
41101
GCAT identifier
S41101
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/796

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Commercial
Program
Cygnus
Owner
OATK SSG
Country
United States
Builder
Orbital ATK Space Systems Group (SSG)
Platform (bus)
EPCM

Launch

Date
December 6, 2015 · 21:44 UTC
Launch record
2015-072Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
404 km
Apogee
418 km
Inclination
51.65°
Status
Grappled by another object
Status date
December 9, 2015
Last known active
Feb 20, 2016
End of operations
Feb 20, 2016

Size

Mass
5,992 kg
Dry mass
2,643 kg
Total mass with attached objects
7,492 kg
Length
6.4 m
Diameter
2.90 m
Span
10.5 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16820623 (CC0).