Antares family
Antares 120
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.
Antares 120 is built by Orbital Sciences Corporation of the United States. Company background, funding, contracts and news for this operator are tracked on Space Index. It first flew on 9 January 2014 and last flew on 13 July 2014.
Flight record
Payload
| Low Earth orbit | 4,600kg |
|---|---|
| Sun-synchronous orbit | 1,500kg |
| Launch cost | $80M |
| Cost per kg to LEO | $17,391 |
Vehicle
| Stages | 2 |
|---|---|
| Length | 40.5m |
| Diameter | 3.9m |
| Launch mass | 276t |
| Liftoff thrust | 3,265kN |
| Maiden flight | 2014-01-09 |
| Reusable | No |
Pads used
Orbits delivered
Launch history
| Date | Mission | Pad | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-13 | Antares 120 | Cygnus CRS Orb-2 (S.S. Janice Voss) | Launch Area 0 A | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2014-01-09 | Antares 120 | Cygnus CRS Orb-1 (S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton) | Launch Area 0 A | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.
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Fewer than three recorded flights, so this page is marked noindex. It is here for completeness, not for search.