Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Resupply · LEO
This is the seventh flight of the Orbital ATK's unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Orbital ATK named the vehicle after astronaut Alan Poindexter who was the commander of STS-131.
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYGNUS OA-5 2016-062A | Payload | re-entered 2016-11-28 | |
| ANTARES R/B 2016-062B | Rocket body | re-entered 2016-11-06 | |
| LEMUR-2-XIAOQING 2016-062C | Payload | re-entered 2023-04-10 | |
| LEMUR-2-SOKOLSKY 2016-062D | Payload | re-entered 2023-04-07 | |
| LEMUR-2-ANUBHAVTHAKUR 2016-062E | Payload | re-entered 2024-07-18 | |
| LEMUR-2-WINGO 2016-062F | Payload | re-entered 2023-04-25 |
COSPAR ID 2016-062 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).