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Cygnus NG-20

Cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus NG-20 was launched on January 30, 2024 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Feb 1, 2024).

COSPAR 2024-021ANORAD 58898United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
S.S. Patricia Robertson
Common name
Cygnus NG-20
Payload designation
Cygnus NG-20
International designator
2024-021A
NORAD catalog number
58898
GCAT identifier
S58898
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1195

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
January 30, 2024 · 17:07 UTC
Launch record
2024-021Success
Rocket
Falcon 9
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
242 km
Apogee
251 km
Inclination
51.70°
Status
Grappled by another object
Status date
February 1, 2024
Last known active
Jul 13, 2024
End of operations
Jul 13, 2024

Size

Mass
2,474 kg
Dry mass
2,474 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 Q122576200 (CC0).