Cygnus CRS-14 (NG-14, SS. Kalpana Chawla)

Designation	45 / 20069A
Launch date	03 Oct 2020 - UT
Launch site	MARS, LA-0A (MARS= Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport).
Launch vehicle	Antares 230+
Mission	ISS cargo (8011 kg)
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	195 x 267 km
Eccentricity
Inclination	51.6 deg
Period	min

Berthing date - time	05 Oct 2020 - 12:01 UTC
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Unity nadir
Docking orbit:
- Perigee / Apogee	475 x 483 km
- Inclination	°
- Period	min
Unberthed date - time	06 Jan 2021 - 12:25 UTC released by SSRMS on 15:11 UTC
Deorbit burn date - time
Destroyed date - time	26 Jan 2021 - 20:23 UTC
Flight Duration (dd:hh:min)	20 days
Nbr orbits

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

Orbital Sciences CYGNUS CRS Flight 14, is the 15 flight of the Orbital ATK unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 14 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.

On Oct 3, 2020 Northrop Grumman launched the Cygnus NG-14 cargo ship, the S.S. Kalpana Chawla.
The Chawla arrived at the ISS on Oct 5. Canadarm-2 grappled it at 0932 UTC and berthed it at Unity nadir at 1201 UTC. The Antares second stage rocket reentered on Oct 7.
On January 6 12:25 / 15:11 - Cygnus (NG-14) unberthing (from Unity nadir) and releasing by SSRMS.
Cygnus NG-14, the S.S. Kalpana Chawla, was deorbited on Jan 26, 2021 with entry over the S Pacific at 2023 UTC. It departed ISS on Jan 6 and spent 20 days in a 475 x 490 km orbit.

NG-14 Unberting, cancel Houston. Credit: #411

Ref.: #3(SD579), #6n, #7(JR784,789), #127, #411 - update: 22.02.22