Antares 230 | Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)

Name: Antares 230 | Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)
Start: 2016-10-17T23:45:36Z
Location: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

This is the seventh flight of the Orbital ATK's unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Orbital ATK named the vehicle after astronaut Alan Poindexter who was the commander of STS-131.

Mission Details

Launch date: October 17, 2016 at 11:45 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Antares 230
Operator: Orbital ATK
Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission type: Resupply