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Cygnus NG-10

Cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus NG-10 was launched on November 17, 2018 aboard a Antares 230 from Wallops. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Nov 19, 2018).

COSPAR 2018-092ANORAD 43704United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
SS John Young
Common name
Cygnus NG-10
Payload designation
Cygnus NG-10E
Other names
Cygnus PCM-10
International designator
2018-092A
NORAD catalog number
43704
GCAT identifier
S43704
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/924

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Commercial
Program
Cygnus
Country
United States
Builder
Northrop Grumman Space Systems Group (SSG)
Platform (bus)
EPCM

Launch

Date
November 17, 2018 · 09:01 UTC
Launch record
2018-092Success
Spaceport
Wallops · pad Pad 0A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
401 km
Apogee
408 km
Inclination
51.64°
Status
Grappled by another object
Status date
November 19, 2018
Last known active
Feb 25, 2019
End of operations
Feb 25, 2019

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

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q20857893 (CC0).