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Rocket Launch 360: Atlas V OA-7

Watch as ULA's Atlas V rocket blasts off -- in 360 -- with the OA-7 mission for Orbital ATk and NASA from a lightning tower at Space Launch COmplex-41. The mission, carrying supplies and science to th...

Atlas V OA-7 Rocket Cam

Atlas V OA-7 Launch Highlights

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifts off with the OA-7 resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. The OA-7 mission represents the first execution of a RapidLaunch™ service ...

Cygnus CRS OA-7 (S.S. John Glenn)

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Resupply

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 41 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 90%

This is the eighth planned flight of the Orbital ATK's unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its seventh flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Orbital ATK named the vehicle after astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth and pioneer of human spaceflight.

Atlas V 401

Family:
Configuration: 401

An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.

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Specifications

Stages
2
Length
58.3 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Fairing Diameter
4.2 m
Launch Mass
590.0 T
Thrust
3827.0 kN

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Atlas V 401
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Variant
401
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Full Name
Atlas V 401

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$115000000
Low Earth Orbit
9050.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
4950.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
6670.0 kg

Cygnus CRS OA-7

Active Cargo Unmanned Payload Capacity: 3750 kg

Destination: International Space Station

Serial Number: None

Cygnus CRS OA-7, also known as Orbital ATK CRS-7, is the eighth flight of the Orbital ATK unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its seventh 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 Services (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. The OA-7 is named the S.S. John Glenn in honor of astronaut and senator John Glenn, the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth on Mercury 6 and the oldest to go to space on STS-95.

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United Launch Alliance

(ULA)

Interim CEO: John Elbon Founded: 2006 Successes: 171 Failures: 0 Pending: 40

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United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.

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