Earth orbit
Cygnus NG-21
Cygnus NG-21 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Cygnus program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Cygnus NG-21 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Cygnus program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2024-139; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 4 August 2024, 15:02:53 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 30 March 2025
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cygnus NG-21
GCAT program: Cygnus.
- GCAT ID
- S60378
- Manufacturer
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems Group (SSG)
- Launch mass
- 2,474 kg
- Dimensions
- 6.4 m long · 2.9 m diameter · 10.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Cygnus NG-21.
Verification
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