Antares 120 | Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss)
This is the 2nd mission under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Service agreement with Orbital Sciences The unmanned Cygnus cargo vessel delivered approximately 1494kg of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station.
Cygnus CRS Orb-2, also known as Orbital Sciences CRS Flight 2, was the third flight of the Orbital Sciences' unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus, its third flight to the International Space…
Antares known during early development as Taurus II, is an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems after Northrop Grumman acquired Orbital ATK) and the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's COTS and CRS programs. Able to launch payloads heavier than 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) into low-Earth orbit, Antares is the largest rocket operated by Orbital ATK. Antares launches from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and made its inaugural flight on April 21, 2013.
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Mission Profile
Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss) was a Antares 120 mission operated by Orbital Sciences Corporation that lifted off from Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on July 13, 2014. The flight carried its payload on a resupply mission to Low Earth Orbit. It was flown as part of the Commercial Resupply Services program. The launch was a success.