Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Resupply · LEO
This is the demonstration mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Service agreement with Orbital Sciences. The unmanned Cygnus cargo vessel delivered approximately 700kg of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station.
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYGNUS 2013-051A | Payload | re-entered 2013-10-23 | |
| ANTARES R/B 2013-051B | Rocket body | re-entered 2013-10-09 |
COSPAR ID 2013-051 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).