Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-21 (S.S. Francis R. “Dick” Scobee)
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Launch Window
Aug. 4, 2024, 3:02 p.m. - Aug. 4, 2024, 3:02 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Aug. 4, 2024, 3:02 p.m. - Aug. 4, 2024, 3:02 p.m.
This is the 21st flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 20th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
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Launch successful.
Cygnus deployed
Liftoff
Tweaked T-0.
Official Webcast by NASA has started
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
See DetailsB1080 has landed back at the launch site at LZ-1 after its flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.This is the twenty-first flight to the ISS by the Cygnus spacecraft under the CRS program and their tenth under the CRS-2 program. This is also the 17th use of the enhanced size Cygnus.
Cygnus Enhanced DetailsSpace Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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