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Cygnus CRS OA-9E
Tenth cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus CRS OA-9E was launched on May 21, 2018 aboard a Antares 230 from Wallops. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (May 24, 2018).
COSPAR 2018-046ANORAD 43474United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SS J.R. Thompson
- Common name
- Cygnus CRS OA-9E
- Payload designation
- Cygnus OA-9
- Other names
- Cygnus PCM-9
- International designator
- 2018-046A
- NORAD catalog number
- 43474
- GCAT identifier
- S43474
- 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
- May 21, 2018 · 08:44 UTC
- Launch record
- 2018-046Success
- Rocket
- Antares 230
- Spaceport
- Wallops · pad Pad 0A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 402 km
- Apogee
- 407 km
- Inclination
- 51.65°
- Status
- Grappled by another object
- Status date
- May 24, 2018
- Last known active
- Jul 30, 2018
- End of operations
- Jul 30, 2018
Size
- Mass
- 2,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 7,200 kg
- Length
- 6.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.90 m
- Span
- 10.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q20857896 (CC0).