Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Resupply · LEO
This is the 16th planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 15th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This Cygnus spacecraft is named after American astronaut Ellison Onizuka who died in the…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYGNUS NG-16 2021-072A | Payload | re-entered 2021-12-15 | |
| ANTARES R/B 2021-072B | Rocket body | re-entered 2021-08-18 |
COSPAR ID 2021-072 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).