Success
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-20 (S.S. Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson)
Resupply
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon 9 Block 5
LEOorbit
This is the 20th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 19th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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Flight Timeline
- T-38:00GO for Prop Load
- T-35:00Prop Load
- T-35:00Stage 1 LOX Load
- T-16:00Stage 2 LOX Load
- T-07:00Engine Chill
- T-01:00Tank Press
- T-01:00Startup
- T-00:45GO for Launch
- T-00:03Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+01:07Max-Q
- T+02:16MECO
- T+02:20Stage 2 Separation
- T+02:27SES-1
- T+02:33Booster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+02:55Fairing Separation
- T+03:22Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+06:38Entry Burn Startup
- T+06:55Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+07:50Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+08:15Stage 1 Landing
- T+08:38SECO-1
- T+14:40Cygnus Deployment
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Mission details
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.
Nov 20, 1998 — ongoing
Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The Falcon 9 and Antares rockets were also developed under the CRS program to deliver cargo spacecraft to the ISS.
Dec 23, 2008 — ongoing
Orbital Attempt
#6,610
SpX Mission
#321
Pad Launch
#222
Location Launch
#932
Designator
2024-021
Weather GO
95%
Weather Concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule
Launch Window
NET
Jan 30, 2024, 5:07 PM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Falcon 9 Block 5 Specs
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
Length
70 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Launch Mass
549 t
Thrust
7,607 kN
LEO Capacity
22,800 kg
GTO Capacity
8,300 kg
Launch Cost
$52M
Reusable
Yes
Maiden Flight
2018
Fastest Turnaround
1h 5m
Total Launches
586
Successful
585
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
288
Maiden flight: May 11, 2018
Social Flight Log
- Jan 30, 2024, 8:35 PM
Launch success.
Source - Jan 30, 2024, 5:07 PM
Liftoff
Source - Jan 30, 2024, 4:49 PM
Livestream has started
Source - Jan 29, 2024, 8:09 PM
Weather 95% GO
Source - Jan 27, 2024, 1:02 AM
Delayed by a day
Source - Jan 18, 2024, 7:43 AM
Adding seconds to T-0
Source - Jan 11, 2024, 4:16 PM
Tweaked T-0.
Source - Jan 7, 2024, 9:55 AM
Updated T-0.
Source - Dec 31, 2023, 7:01 AM
Added launch time.
Source - Dec 6, 2023, 9:05 PM
NET Jan 29
Source - Oct 25, 2023, 6:30 PM
NET Late January 2024.
Source - Oct 25, 2023, 6:02 AM
Delayed to early 2024
Source - Aug 21, 2023, 6:15 AM
Targeting December 11
Source - Jul 25, 2023, 5:18 PM
Net December and Pad updated
Source - Apr 1, 2023, 5:55 PM
NET November
Source - Feb 17, 2023, 1:31 PM
NET October
Source
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Founded
2002
Administrator
CEO: Elon Musk
Total Launches
681
Successful
666
Failed
15
Pending
120
Consecutive Success
166
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
Jan 30, 2024, 12:07 PM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778