Cygnus spacecraft

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commercial resupply spacecraft uncrewed cargo spacecraft

The Cygnus spacecraft is an uncrewed commercial cargo vehicle developed by Northrop Grumman to deliver supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Cygnus Orb-D1 1
Cygnus cargo spacecraft 1
Enhanced Cygnus 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial resupply spacecraft ⓘ
uncrewed cargo spacecraft ⓘ
approachPort Harmony nadir port ⓘ
canPerform ISS reboost maneuvers ⓘ
disposal of waste from ISS ⓘ
cargoType pressurized cargo ⓘ
unpressurized cargo (limited capability) ⓘ
configuration service module and pressurized cargo module ⓘ
contractType fixed-price commercial resupply ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewCapacity 0 ⓘ
customer NASA ⓘ
developer Northrop Grumman ⓘ
disposable true ⓘ
dockingMethod berthing via Canadarm2 ⓘ
endOfMission destructive reentry ⓘ
firstFlight 2013-09-18 ⓘ
firstMissionName Cygnus spacecraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cygnus Orb-D1
firstOperationalMissionName Orb-1 ⓘ
hasVariant Cygnus spacecraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Enhanced Cygnus

Standard Cygnus ⓘ
launchVehicle Antares launch vehicle ⓘ
surface form: Antares rocket

Atlas V ⓘ
surface form: Atlas V rocket

Falcon 9 rocket ⓘ
manufacturer Northrop Grumman ⓘ
missionDestination low Earth orbit ⓘ
missionType uncrewed cargo resupply ⓘ
namedAfter constellation Cygnus ⓘ
operator Northrop Grumman ⓘ
orbitRegime low Earth orbit ⓘ
powerSource solar arrays ⓘ
pressurizedCargoModuleSupplier Thales Alenia Space Italia ⓘ
surface form: Thales Alenia Space
previousDeveloper Northrop Grumman Space Technology ⓘ
surface form: Orbital ATK

Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
primaryMission cargo resupply to the International Space Station ⓘ
program Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) ⓘ
surface form: Commercial Resupply Services

Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) ⓘ
surface form: Commercial Resupply Services 2
propulsionType chemical propulsion ⓘ
reusability non-reusable ⓘ
serviceModuleOrigin Orbital Sciences design ⓘ
spaceAgencyPartner NASA ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
successorCompany Northrop Grumman Space Technology ⓘ
surface form: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
target International Space Station program ⓘ
surface form: International Space Station
typicalMissionDuration about 3 months berthed to ISS ⓘ
usedFor delivery of crew supplies to ISS ⓘ
delivery of food to ISS ⓘ
delivery of scientific experiments to ISS ⓘ
delivery of spare parts to ISS ⓘ
technology demonstration payloads ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northrop Grumman → developed → Cygnus spacecraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orbital Cygnus
Cygnus spacecraft → firstMissionName → Cygnus spacecraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cygnus Orb-D1
Cygnus spacecraft → hasVariant → Cygnus spacecraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enhanced Cygnus
Canadarm2 → spacecraftCaptured → Cygnus spacecraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cygnus cargo spacecraft
Wallops Flight Facility → supportsVehicle → Cygnus spacecraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft (via Antares)