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Cygnus NG-18
Cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus NG-18 was launched on November 7, 2022 aboard a Antares 230+ from Wallops. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Nov 9, 2022).
COSPAR 2022-149ANORAD 54232United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- S.S. Sally Ride
- Common name
- Cygnus NG-18
- Payload designation
- Cygnus NG-18
- Other names
- Cygnus PCM-18
- International designator
- 2022-149A
- NORAD catalog number
- 54232
- GCAT identifier
- S54232
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1091
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
- November 7, 2022 · 10:32 UTC
- Launch record
- 2022-149Success
- Rocket
- Antares 230+
- Spaceport
- Wallops · pad Pad 0A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 227 km
- Apogee
- 332 km
- Inclination
- 51.67°
- Status
- Grappled by another object
- Status date
- November 9, 2022
- Last known active
- March 2023
- End of operations
- Apr 22, 2023
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
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q106610293 (CC0).