Well folks, here we are! The first launch of Cygnus on Falcon 9!
Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-01-30, 17:07 |
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Scheduled for (local) | 2024-01-30, 12:07 (EST) |
Mission | CRS NG-20 |
Launch site | SLC-40, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. |
Booster | B1077-10 |
Landing | LZ-1 |
Payload spacecraft | Cygnus |
Customer | Northrop Grumman / NASA |
Mission success criteria | Successful launch and docking to the ISS |
Webcasts
Stream | Link |
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Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZwX1CfFLtA |
NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp1rp5R4Q1U |
NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyaI5LR150w |
Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W08HLn1Owgk |
The Launch Pad | |
Everyday Astronaut | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IonNr5iLjH4 |
SpaceX | https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1752373649007604021#m |
The Space Devs | TBD |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 4th launch from SLC-40 this year
☑️ 15 days, 15:15:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 10th Falcon 9 launch this year, 296th Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 35th landing on LZ-1
☑️ 223rd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)
☑️ 270th Falcon Family Booster landing, 280th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 10th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 310th SpaceX mission overall (excluding Starship hops)
☑️ 322nd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship hops)
Mission info
- NextSpaceflight mission page
- SpaceX mission website
- Northrop Grumman mission website
- SpaceNews article
- NASASpaceFlight article
This will be the first of three Cygnus missions to fly aboard Falcon 9 for Northrop Grumman to fulfill its cargo delivery contract while the new Antares 330 is under development.
Liftoff!
https://nitter.freedit.eu/SpaceX/status/1752378211256897548#m