This was supposed to be the fourth Cygnus cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station, but resulted in the Antares rocket exploding seconds after liftoff.
Cygnus CRS Orb-3, also known as Orbital Sciences CRS Flight 3 or Orbital 3, was an attempted flight of Cygnus, an automated cargo spacecraft developed by United States-based company Orbital…
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-3 (S.S. Deke Slayton) was a Antares 130 mission operated by Orbital Sciences Corporation that lifted off from Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on October 28, 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 ended in failure.