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Antares

Antares, known during early development as Taurus II, is an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman) and the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program.

Missions: 18
Successes: 17
Partial Failures: 0
Failures: 1
Success Streak: 13
Success Rate: 94.4%
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Configurations

Antares 110
Image Credit: NASA
Northrop
Status: Retired
Price: $80.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 3,265 kN
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 40.5 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.94 m
Fairing Height: 4.87 m
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Antares 120
Image Credit: NASA
Northrop
Status: Retired
Price: $80.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 3,265 kN
Payload to LEO: 4,600 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,500 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 40.5 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.94 m
Fairing Height: 9.87 m
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Antares 130
Image Credit: NASA
Northrop
Status: Retired
Price: $80.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 3,265 kN
Payload to LEO: 5,100 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 40.5 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.94 m
Fairing Height: 9.87 m
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Antares 230
Image Credit: NASA
Northrop
Status: Retired
Price: $85.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 3,844 kN
Payload to LEO: 7,000 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 41.9 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.9 m
Fairing Height: 9.9 m
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Antares 230+
Image Credit: NASA
Northrop
Status: Retired
Price: $85.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 3,844 kN
Payload to LEO: 8,000 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 42.5 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.9 m
Fairing Height: 9.9 m
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Antares 330
Image Credit: Northrop Grumman
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Status: Planned
Liftoff Thrust: 7,161 kN
Payload to LEO: 10,800 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 47.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m
Fairing Height: 9.0 m
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Launch Sites

LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Launches

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Antares 230+ | CRS NG-19
Wed Aug 02, 2023 00:31 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 230+ | CRS NG-18
Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:32 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 230+ | CRS NG-17
Sat Feb 19, 2022 17:40 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 230+ | CRS NG-16
Tue Aug 10, 2021 22:01 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 230+ | CRS NG-15
Sat Feb 20, 2021 17:36 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 230+ | CRS NG-14
Sat Oct 03, 2020 01:16 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 230+ | CRS NG-13
Sat Feb 15, 2020 20:21 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 230+ | CRS NG-12
Sat Nov 02, 2019 13:59 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 230 | CRS NG-11
Wed Apr 17, 2019 20:46 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 230 | CRS NG-10
Sat Nov 17, 2018 09:01 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 230 | CRS OA-9E
Mon May 21, 2018 08:44 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 230 | CRS OA-8E
Sun Nov 12, 2017 12:19 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 230 | CRS OA-5
Mon Oct 17, 2016 23:45 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 130 | CRS Orb-3
Tue Oct 28, 2014 22:22 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 120 | CRS Orb-2
Sun Jul 13, 2014 16:52 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 120 | CRS Orb-1
Thu Jan 09, 2014 18:07 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 110 | CRS Orb-D1
Wed Sep 18, 2013 14:58 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Northrop
Antares 110 | Antares A-ONE (CMS & Others)
Sun Apr 21, 2013 21:00 UTC
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA