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Cygnus CRS Orb-3

Rocket launch

by Northrop GrummanUSA

Launch time28 Oct 201422:22 UTC

failure

Orbit: LEO

LOX turbopump failure T+6 seconds. Rocket fell back onto the pad and exploded. First Antares launch to use Castor 30XL upper stage. In addition to ISS supplies, payload included a Planetary Resources Arkyd-3 satellite and a NASA JPL/UT Austin CubeSat mission named RACE.

Rocket Antares130

launched from MARS, LP-0AUSA

Payloads

Total mass 2215 kg

NamePurposeMassComment
Cygnus (standard) CRS Orb-3---