 Canadarm2 grapples the S.S.John Young | |
| Names | CRS NG-10 CRS OA-10E (2015–2018) |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
| Operator | Northrop Grumman |
| COSPAR ID | 2018-092A |
| SATCATno. | 43704 |
| Mission duration | 100 days, 4 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | S.S.John Young |
| Spacecraft type | Enhanced Cygnus[1][2] |
| Manufacturer |
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| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 17 November 2018, 09:01:31 (2018-11-17UTC09:01:31Z) UTC (4:01:31 am EST) |
| Rocket | Antares 230[3] |
| Launch site | MARS,Pad 0A |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 25 February 2019, 09:05 (2019-02-25UTC09:06Z) UTC[4] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Berthing atISS | |
| Berthing port | Unitynadir[5] |
| RMS capture | 19 November 2018, 10:28 UTC[5] |
| Berthing date | 19 November 2018, 12:31 UTC |
| Unberthing date | 8 February 2019, 14:37 UTC |
| RMS release | 8 February 2019, 16:16 UTC |
| Time berthed | 81 days, 3 hours, 45 minutes |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 3,350 kg (7,390 lb)[6] |
| Pressurised | 3,273 kg (7,216 lb) |
| Unpressurised | 77 kg (170 lb) |
 NASA insignia | |
NG-10,[7] previously known asOA-10E, is the eleventh flight of theNorthrop Grummanuncrewed resupply spacecraftCygnus and its tenth flight to theInternational Space Station under theCommercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract withNASA.[8][9] The mission launched on 17 November 2018, at 09:01:31UTC.[10][11] This particular mission is part of an extension of the initial CRS contract that enables NASA to cover the ISS resupply needs until theCommercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contract enters in effect.[12]
Orbital ATK andNASA jointly developed a new space transportation system to provide commercial cargo resupply services to the International Space Station (ISS). Under theCommercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) program, thenOrbital Sciences designed and builtAntares, a medium-class launch vehicle;Cygnus, an advanced maneuvering spacecraft, and a Pressurized Cargo Module which is provided by Orbital's industrial partnerThales Alenia Space.[13] Northrop Grumman purchased Orbital ATK in June 2018, and it was renamedNorthrop Grumman Innovation Systems.[14]
The COTS demonstration mission was successfully conducted in September 2013, and Orbital commenced operational ISS cargo missions under the Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) program with two missions in 2014. Regrettably, the third operational mission,Cygnus CRS Orb-3, resulted was not successful due to spectacularAntares failure during launch. The company decided to discontinue the Antares 100 series and accelerate the introduction of a new propulsion. The Antares system was upgraded with newly builtRD-181 first-stage engines to provide greater payload performance and increased reliability.[3]
In the meantime, the company had contracted withUnited Launch Alliance for anAtlas V launch ofCygnus CRS OA-4 in late 2015 fromCape Canaveral,Florida, with a second Atlas V Cygnus launch in 2016.[3][15] The company had planned Cygnus missions for the first (CRS OA-5), second (CRS OA-6) and fourth quarters (CRS OA-7) of 2016. Two of which flew on the newAntares 230 and one on the aforementioned second Atlas V. These three missions enabled Orbital ATK to cover their initial CRS contracted payload obligation.[15][12] This particular mission, known as NG-10, is part of an extension program that will enable NASA to cover the ISS resupply needs until theCommercial Resupply Services 2 contract enters in effect, and thus the E indicates that it actually is an extension above the originally contracted payload transport.[12]
Production and integration of Cygnus spacecraft is performed in Dulles, Virginia. The Cygnus service module is mated with the pressurized cargo module at the launch site, and mission operations are conducted from control centers inDulles, Virginia andHouston,Texas.[13]
This is the second-to-last of the eleven flights byNorthrop Grumman under theCommercial Resupply Services contract withNASA, and it's considered an extension over the originally contracted flights. This will be the seventh flight of the Enhanced sized Cygnus PCM.[15]
In an Orbital ATK tradition, this Cygnus spacecraft was named the S.S.John Young. He was the only person to fly twice on each of three NASA programs which included Gemini, Apollo, and the Space Shuttle. John Young died on 5 January 2018 at the age of 87.
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Total weight of cargo: 3,350 kg (7,390 lb).[6]
SEOPS Slingshot Deployer System Cygnus NG-10 is the first mission to fly this Cubesat deployment system. The system and its Cubesats arrived at ISS onSpaceX CRS-16 and then installed byExpedition 58 on Cygnus NG-10 while berthed to ISS.[16][17]
After Cygnus leaves the station, the cargo craft will navigate to approximately 500 km (310 mi) above the Earth, approximately 100 km (62 mi) higher than the space station’s orbit. Slingshot will deploy two satellites (David and Goliath II Quantum Radar, both launched on board of the previous Dragon CRS-16 mission), that are expected to stay in orbit at least two (2) years.In addition, a mounted payload will test SlingShot’s capability to host fixed payloads for an extended period, where the payload uses Cygnus’ power, attitude control and communication capabilities.
After Cubesat deployment and conclusion of attached experiments,Northrop Grumman controllers commanded the spacecraft to a destructive re-entry over theSouth Pacific Ocean on 25 February 2019.
After Northrop Grumman purchased Orbital ATK in June 2018, the mission was changed from CRS OA-10E to NG-10. The Antares rocket was built and processed in theHorizontal Integration Facility (HIF) over the course of six months. The rocket was rolled out to MARS pad 0A where it was originally planned to launch 15 November 2018 but was twice delayed due to inclement weather and successfully launched on 17 November 2018.
Note: Times are local to the launch site (Eastern Standard Time).
| Attempt | Planned | Result | Turnaround | Reason | Decision point | Weather go (%) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 Nov 2018, 4:49:38 am | Scrubbed | — | Weather | 14 Nov 2018, 11:00 am | 10 | |
| 2 | 16 Nov 2018, 4:23:55 am | Scrubbed | 0 days 23 hours 34 minutes | Weather | 15 Nov 2018, 11:10 am | 45 | |
| 3 | 17 Nov 2018, 4:01:31 am | Success | 0 days 23 hours 38 minutes | 95 |
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