Earth orbit
Cygnus ORB-4
Cygnus ORB-4 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 ORB-4 is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the Cygnus program. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2015-072; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 6 December 2015, 21:44:57 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 · 20 February 2016
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cygnus ORB-4
GCAT program: Cygnus.
- GCAT ID
- S41101
- Manufacturer
- Orbital ATK Space Systems Group (SSG)
- Launch mass
- 5,992 kg
- Dimensions
- 6.4 m long · 2.9 m diameter · 10.5 m span
MinXSS
GCAT program: UCO.
- GCAT ID
- S41474
- Manufacturer
- University of Colorado-Lab for Atmospheric and Space Physics
- Launch mass
- 5 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 0.3 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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Verification
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