Cygnus

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Cygnus is an expendable American cargo spacecraft developed by Orbital Sciences (later ATK and subsequently Northrop Grumman) to resupply the International Space Station as part of the Commercial Resupply Services program. As of September 2024, there are a total of 21 flights launched since 2013, four of which used the Standard model while all later flights using the Enhanced model

Cygnus (Standard)

Cygnus
(2013-Present)
Mission Start End
Antares A-ONE 2013-Apr-21
Cygnus mass simulator, maiden flight of the Antares rocket
Cygnus Orb-D1 (S.S G. David Low) 2013-Sept-292013-Oct-22
First flight of the Cygnus (Standard) spacecraft
Cygnus Orb-1 (S.S C. Gordon Fullerton) 2014-Jan-122014-Feb-18
Cygnus Orb-2 (S.S Janice Voss) 2014-Jul-162014-Aug-15
Cygnus Orb-3 (S.S Deke Slayton) 2014-Oct-28
Final flight of the Cygnus (Standard) spacecraft. Destroyed in a launch failure
Cygnus OA-4 (S.S Deke Slayton II) 2015-Dec-92016-Feb-19
First flight of the Cygnus (Enhanced) spacecraft. Launched on an Atlas V
Cygnus OA-6 (S.S Rick Husband) 2016-Mar-262016-Jun-14
Launched on an Atlas V
Cygnus OA-5 (S.S Alan Poindexter) 2016-Oct-232016-Nov-21
Cygnus OA-7 (S.S John Glenn) 2017-Apr-222017-Jun-4
Launched on an Atlas V
Cygnus OA-8E (S.S Gene Cernan) 2017-Nov-142017-Dec-6
Cygnus OA-9E (S.S J.R. Thompson 2018-May-242018-Jul-15
Cygnus NG-10 (S.S John Young) 2018-Nov-192019-Feb-8)
Cygnus NG-11 (S.S Roger Chaffee) 2019-Apr-192019-Aug-6
Cygnus NG-12 (S.S Alan Bean) 2019-Nov-42020-Jan-31
Cygnus NG-13 (S.S Robert Lawrence, Jr.) 2020-Feb-182020-May-11
Cygnus NG-14 (S.S Kalpana Chawla) 2020-Oct-52021-Nov-6
Cygnus NG-15 (S.S Katherine Johnson) 2021-Feb-222021-Jun-29
Cygnus NG-16 (S.S Ellison Onizuka) 2021-Aug-122021-Nov-20
Cygnus NG-17 (S.S Piers Sellers) 2022-Feb-212022-Jun-28
Cygnus NG-18 (S.S Sally Ride) 2022-Nov-92023-Apr-21
Cygnus NG-19 (S.S Laurel Clark) 2023-Aug-22024-Jan-9
Cygnus NG-20 (S.S Patricia H. Robertson) 2024-Jan-302024-Jul-13
Launched on a Falcon 9 (Block 5)
Cygnus NG-21 (S.S Francis R. Scobee) 2024-Aug-42025-Jan
To be launched on a Falcon 9
Cygnus NG-22 2025-Feb2025
To be launched on a Falcon 9
Cygnus NG-23 2025-Jun2025
Cygnus NG-24 2026-Jan2026
Cygnus NG-25 2026
Timeline of Cygnus flights

Cygnus (Enhanced)

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