Cygnus CRS OA-8E

Ninth cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus CRS OA-8E was launched on November 12, 2017 aboard a Antares 230 from Wallops. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Nov 14, 2017).

COSPAR 2017-071ANORAD 43006United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: SS Gene Cernan
Common name: Cygnus CRS OA-8E
Payload designation: Cygnus OA-8
Other names: Cygnus PCM-8
International designator: 2017-071A
NORAD catalog number: 43006
GCAT identifier: S43006
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/877

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: November 12, 2017 · 12:19 UTC
Launch record: 2017-071Success
Rocket: Antares 230
Spaceport: Wallops · pad Pad 0A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 198 km
Apogee: 316 km
Inclination: 51.59°
Status: Grappled by another object
Status date: November 14, 2017
Last known active: Dec 18, 2017
End of operations: Dec 18, 2017

Size

Mass: 1,800 kg
Dry mass: 1,800 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 7,000 kg
Length: 6.4 m
Diameter: 2.90 m
Span: 10.5 m

Launched together

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Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q20857895 (CC0).