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Cygnus NG-14

Cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus NG-14 was launched on October 3, 2020 aboard a Antares 230+ from Wallops. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Oct 5, 2020).

COSPAR 2020-069ANORAD 46530United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
S.S. Kalpana Chawla
Common name
Cygnus NG-14
Payload designation
Cygnus NG-14
Other names
Cygnus PCM-14
International designator
2020-069A
NORAD catalog number
46530
GCAT identifier
S46530
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/964

Mission

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

Launch

Date
October 3, 2020 · 01:16 UTC
Launch record
2020-069Success
Spaceport
Wallops · pad Pad 0A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
415 km
Apogee
418 km
Inclination
51.65°
Status
Grappled by another object
Status date
October 5, 2020
Last known active
Jan 26, 2021
End of operations
Jan 26, 2021

Size

Mass
2,518 kg
Dry mass
2,518 kg
Total mass with attached objects
7,919 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 Q85754909 (CC0).