CRS NG-23

Name: CRS NG-23
Start: 2025-09-14T22:11:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

SEP 14202522:11:00 UTC

Maiden flight of Cygnus XL — a stretched configuration of the cargo freighter with substantially greater pressurized volume than the previous Enhanced Cygnus — named in honor of Columbia pilot William C. McCool. The third of four Cygnus missions Northrop Grumman bought from SpaceX during the Antares 230+ retirement.

LIFTOFF

SEP 14 2025

22:11:00 UTC

Success

launched fromSLC-40Canaveral

aboardFalcon 9 B5F9-533intoLEO

Booster

B1094.4

Landed on ground pad · LZ-2

Payloads · 11

01
CRS NG-23 (S. S. William "Willie" C. McCool)
ISS logistics
02
DUPLEX
03
BLAST
Technology demonstration
04
EagleSat-2
Technology demonstration
05
QubeSat-2
Radio Astronomy
06
RHOK-SAT
Technology demonstration
07
ContentCube
08
Alpha (CayugaSat)
Technology Demonstration
09
Botan
Aurora observation
10
e-kagaku-1 (Iwato)
Education / Amateur radio
11
Yotsuba-Kulover
Aurora observation