CRS OA-6

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:05:00

Wednesday March 23, 2016

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Launch Notes

The first stage shut down early, but the Centaur upper stage managed to compensate.

CRS OA-6

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Cygnus CRS OA-6, also known as Orbital ATK CRS-6, is the sixth flight of the Orbital ATK unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its fifth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. CRS OA-6 was captured by RMS on 26/03/2016 at 10:51 UTC and berthed to the Nadir port of the Unity module of the International Space Station on 26/03/2016 at 14:52 UTC. Its stay on the ISS was 79 days. It was unberthed on 14/06/2016 at 11:43 UTC and released by RMS on 14/06/2016 at 13:30 UTC. It deorbited on 22/06/2016 at 13:29 UTC.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

3,513 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas V 401

Active 2002 to 2022

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Agency

ULA

Price

$109.00 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.81m

Height: 58.3m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 9,797 kg

GTO: 4,750 kg

Liftoff Thrust

3,826 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.2m

Height: 13.8m

Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-41

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 22 hours

Stats

Atlas V


62nd

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2016

United Launch Alliance


106th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2016

2016


19th

Orbital launch attempt