Earth orbit
Cygnus OA-8
Cygnus OA-8 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 OA-8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Cygnus program. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2017-071; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 12 November 2017, 12:19:51 UTC
- Launch location
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia
- Launch vehicle
- Antares 230
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 18 December 2017
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cygnus OA-8
GCAT program: Cygnus.
- GCAT ID
- S43006
- Manufacturer
- Orbital ATK Space Systems Group (SSG)
- Launch mass
- 1,800 kg
- Dimensions
- 6.4 m long · 2.9 m diameter · 10.5 m span
EcAMSat
GCAT program: Ames.
- GCAT ID
- S43019
- Manufacturer
- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
- Launch mass
- 10.4 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.36 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 0.36 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Cygnus OA-8.
Verification
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