Earth orbit
Cygnus OA-7
Cygnus OA-7 is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the Cygnus program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Cygnus OA-7 is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the Cygnus program. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2017-019; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 18 April 2017, 15:11:26 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas V 401
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 11 June 2017
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cygnus OA-7
GCAT program: Cygnus.
- GCAT ID
- S42681
- Manufacturer
- Orbital ATK Space Systems Group (SSG)
- Launch mass
- 1,730 kg
- Dimensions
- 6.4 m long · 2.9 m diameter · 10.5 m span
CXBN-2
GCAT program: Morehead.
- GCAT ID
- S42704
- Manufacturer
- Morehead State University
- Launch mass
- 2.6 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.2 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 0.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Cygnus OA-7.
Verification
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