Cygnus CRS-9 (OA-9, SS J.R. Thompson)

Launch data:

Spacecraft data: Prime manufacturer  Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) Platform   Operator  NASA Mass at launch   kg Cargo Mass   kg Basic shape   Dimension (m)   Equipment  2 deployable solar arrays Solar array   Stabilization   Propulsion  IHI BT-4 DC power

NASA path

Description:

• CYGNUS OA-9, also known as Orbital Sciences CRS Flight 9, is the tenth flight of the Orbital ATK unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its nineth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Orbital and NASA jointly developed a new space transportation system to provide commercial cargo resupply services to the International Space Station (ISS). Under the Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) program, then Orbital Sciences designed and built Antares, a medium-class launch vehicle; Cygnus, an advanced maneuvering spacecraft, and a Pressurized Cargo Module which is provided by Orbital′s industrial partner Thales Alenia Space.

Mission details:

• The Orbital ATK Cygnus OA-9 mission, SS J.R. Thompson, was launched on May 21, 2018 by Antares from Wallops/MARS. It arrived at ISS on May 24, with Canadarm-2 capture at 0926 UTC and berthing on Unity at 1213 UTC.
• Cygnus CRS-9 tested its ability to reboost the ISS with a small 0.05m/s burn on Jul 10 at 2024UTC. It was unberthed from the Unity module on Jul 15, 2018 at 1026 UTC and released at 1236 UTC, carrying 3001 kg of cargo for disposal. Sometime on Jul 15 to Jul 16 it deployed 6 further cubesats for SpireGlobal and the Aerospace Corporation.
• The Cygnus OA-9 cargo ship was deorbited over the South Pacific on Jul 30, 2018.
  
  

  Cygnus CRS 9 arrival during Exp.55

External links:

• Cygnus fact sheet

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Houston. Credit: #411c