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Cygnus NG-17

Cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus NG-17 was launched on February 19, 2022 aboard a Antares 230+ from Wallops. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Feb 21, 2022).

COSPAR 2022-015ANORAD 51712United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
S.S. Piers Sellers
Common name
Cygnus NG-17
Payload designation
Cygnus NG-17
Other names
Cygnus PCM-17
International designator
2022-015A
NORAD catalog number
51712
GCAT identifier
S51712
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1055

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
February 19, 2022 · 17:40 UTC
Launch record
2022-015Success
Spaceport
Wallops · pad Pad 0A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
409 km
Apogee
417 km
Inclination
51.64°
Status
Grappled by another object
Status date
February 21, 2022
Last known active
Jun 29, 2022
End of operations
Jun 29, 2022

Size

Mass
2,326 kg
Dry mass
2,326 kg
Total mass with attached objects
8,050 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 Q104554096 (CC0).