List of Antares launches

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•   Antares 110
•   Antares 120
•   Antares 130
•   Antares 230
•   Antares 230+

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•   Northrop Grumman

Antares

Launch of an Antares 230
Function	Medium expendable launch system
Manufacturer	Northrop Grumman (main) Pivdenmash (sub) [1]
Country of origin	United States, Ukraine
Project cost	US$472 million until 2012 [2]
Cost per launch	US$80−85 million [3]
Size
Height	110/120: 40.5 m (133 ft) [4] [5] 130: 41.9 m (137 ft) 230/230+: 42.5 m (139 ft) [6]
Diameter	3.9 m (13 ft) [7] [6]
Mass	110/120/130: 282,000–296,000 kg (622,000–653,000 lb) [5] 230/230+: 298,000 kg (657,000 lb) [6]
Stages	2 to 3 [7]
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Mass	8,000 kg (18,000 lb) [8]
Associated rockets
Comparable	Delta II, Atlas III
Launch history
Status	110: retired 120: retired 130: retired 230: retired 230+: retired 300: Planned
Launch sites	MARS, LP-0A
Total launches	18 (110: 2, 120: 2, 130: 1, 230: 5, 230+: 8)
Success(es)	17 (110: 2, 120: 2, 130: 0, 230: 5, 230+: 8)
Failure(s)	1 (130: 1)
First flight	110: April 21, 2013 120: January 9, 2014 130: October 28, 2014 230: October 17, 2016 230+: November 2, 2019
Last flight	110: September 18, 2013 120: July 13, 2014 130: October 28, 2014 230: April 17, 2019 230+: August 2, 2023
Carries passengers or cargo	Cygnus
First stage (Antares 100-series)
Empty mass	18,700 kg (41,200 lb) [5]
Gross mass	260,700 kg (574,700 lb) [5]
Powered by	2 × NK-33 [9]
Maximum thrust	3,265 kN (734,000 lbf) [9]
Specific impulse	Sea level: 297 s Vacuum: 331 s [5]
Burn time	235 seconds [5]
Propellant	RP-1/LOX [9]

Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket variant	Launch site	Payload, Spacecraft name	Payload mass	Orbit	Operator	Customer	Launch outcome
1	April 21, 2013 21:00	Antares 110	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus Mass Simulator Dove 1 Alexander Graham Bell	—	LEO	Orbital Sciences Corporation	NASA (COTS)	Success
	Antares A-ONE, Antares test flight, using a Castor 30A second stage and no third stage. [12] [18]
2	September 18, 2013 14:58	Antares 110	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (standard) Orb-D1 G. David Low [19]	700 kg (1,543 lb) [20]	LEO (ISS)	Orbital Sciences Corporation	NASA (COTS)	Success
	Orbital Sciences COTS demonstration flight. First Antares mission with a real Cygnus capsule, first mission to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station, second launch of Antares. The rendezvous maneuver was delayed due to a computer data link problem, [21] but the issue was resolved and berthing followed shortly thereafter. [22] [23]
3	January 9, 2014 18:07	Antares 120	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (standard) CRS Orb-1 C. Gordon Fullerton [19]	1,260 kg (2,780 lb) [24]	LEO (ISS)	Orbital Sciences Corporation	NASA (CRS)	Success
	First Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) mission for Cygnus, and first Antares launch using the Castor 30B upper stage. [25] [26]
4	July 13, 2014 16:52	Antares 120	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (standard) CRS Orb-2 Janice Voss [27]	1,494 kg (3,293 lb) [28]	LEO (ISS)	Orbital Sciences Corporation	NASA (CRS)	Success
	Spacecraft carried supplies for the ISS, including research equipment, crew provisions, hardware, and science experiments. [29]
5	October 28, 2014 22:22	Antares 130	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (standard) CRS Orb-3 Deke Slayton [30]	2,215 kg (4,883 lb) [31]	LEO (ISS)	Orbital Sciences Corporation	NASA (CRS)	Failure
	LOX turbopump failure T+6 seconds. Rocket fell back onto the pad and exploded. [32] [33] [34] First Antares launch to use Castor 30XL upper stage. In addition to ISS supplies, payload included a Planetary Resources Arkyd-3 satellite [35] and a NASA JPL/UT Austin CubeSat mission named RACE. [36]
6	October 17, 2016 23:45	Antares 230	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (enhanced) CRS OA-5 Alan G. Poindexter [37]	2,425 kg (5,346 lb) [38]	LEO (ISS)	Orbital ATK	NASA (CRS)	Success
	First launch of Enhanced Cygnus on Orbital's new Antares 230. [39] [40] [41] [42]
7	November 12, 2017 12:19	Antares 230	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (enhanced) CRS OA-8E Gene Cernan [43]	3,338 kg (7,359 lb) [44]	LEO (ISS)	Orbital ATK	NASA (CRS)	Success
8	May 21, 2018 08:44	Antares 230	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (enhanced) CRS OA-9E J.R. Thompson [45]	3,350 kg (7,386 lb) [46]	LEO (ISS)	Orbital ATK	NASA (CRS)	Success
	Spacecraft carried ISS hardware, crew supplies, and scientific payloads, including the Cold Atom Lab and the Biomolecule Extraction and Sequencing Technology experiment. [46] The Cygnus also demonstrated boosting the station's orbital velocity for the first time, by 0.06 meter per second. [47]
9	November 17, 2018 09:01	Antares 230	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (enhanced) CRS NG-10 John Young	3,416 kg (7,531 lb)	LEO (ISS)	Northrop Grumman	NASA (CRS)	Success
	Largest number of satellites launched on a single rocket (108). Cygnus NG-10, CHEFsat 2, Kicksat 2, 104 Sprite Chipsats (deployed from Kicksat 2), MYSAT 1.
10	April 17, 2019 20:46	Antares 230	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (enhanced) CRS NG-11 Roger Chaffee [48]	3,447 kg (7,600 lbs)	LEO (ISS)	Northrop Grumman	NASA (CRS)	Success
	Launched the last mission under the Commercial Resupply Services-1 for Cygnus. [48]
11	November 2, 2019 13:59	Antares 230+	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (enhanced) CRS NG-12 Alan Bean [49]	3,728 kg (8,221 lbs)	LEO (ISS)	Northrop Grumman	NASA (CRS)	Success
	Cygnus NG-12 is the first mission under the NASA Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract. NG-12 is also the first to use upgraded launcher, Antares 230+.
12	February 15, 2020 20:21	Antares 230+	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (enhanced) CRS NG-13 Robert Lawrence, Jr.	3,377 kg (7,445 lbs)	LEO (ISS)	Northrop Grumman	NASA (CRS)	Success
13	October 3, 2020 01:16	Antares 230+	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (enhanced) CRS NG-14 Kalpana Chawla	3,458 kg (7,624 lbs) [50]	LEO (ISS)	Northrop Grumman	NASA (CRS)	Success
	Spacecraft carried ISS hardware, crew supplies, and scientific payloads, including a new toilet (Universal Waste Management System, UWMS), Ammonia Electrooxidation, radishes for Plant Habitat-02, drugs for targeted cancer treatments with Onco-Selectors, and a customized 360-degree camera to capture future spacewalks. [51] [50]
14	February 20, 2021 17:36	Antares 230+	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (enhanced) CRS NG-15 Katherine Johnson	3,810 kg (8399 lbs) [52]	LEO (ISS)	Northrop Grumman	NASA (CRS)	Success
	This mission carried over 8,000 pounds of cargo including roundworms to study muscle loss and the Spaceborne Computer 2, as well as an experiment to study the protein-based manufacturing of artificial retinas. [53]
15	August 10, 2021 22:01	Antares 230+	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (enhanced) CRS NG-16 Ellison Onizuka	3,723 kg (8210 lbs) [54]	LEO (ISS)	Northrop Grumman	NASA (CRS)	Success
16	February 19, 2022 17:40	Antares 230+	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (enhanced) CRS NG-17 Piers Sellers	3,800 kg (8,400 lb) [55]	LEO (ISS)	Northrop Grumman	NASA (CRS)	Success
17	November 7, 2022 10:32	Antares 230+	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (enhanced) CRS NG-18 Sally Ride	3,652 kg (8,051 lb) [56]	LEO (ISS)	Northrop Grumman	NASA (CRS)	Success
18	August 2, 2023 00:31	Antares 230+	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (enhanced) CRS NG-19 Laurel Clark	3,729 kg (8,221 lb) [57]	LEO (ISS)	Northrop Grumman	NASA (CRS)	Success
	Final Antares 230+ launch.

Note: Cygnus CRS OA-4, the first Enhanced Cygnus mission, and Cygnus OA-6 were propelled by Atlas V 401 launch vehicles while the new Antares 230 was in its final stages of development. Cygnus CRS OA-7 was also switched to an Atlas V 401 and launched on April 18, 2017

Future launches

Date / time (UTC)	Rocket variant	Launch site	Payload	Orbit	Customer
Q4 2025 [58]	Antares 330	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (Mission B)	LEO (ISS)	NASA
	First flight of the Antares 330.
2026 [59]	Antares 330	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (Mission B) CRS NG-24	LEO (ISS)	NASA
	Second flight of the Antares 330.
2026 [60]	Antares 330	MARS, LP-0A	Cygnus (Mission B) CRS NG-25	LEO (ISS)	NASA
	Third flight of the Antares 330.

Note: Cygnus NG-20 and Cygnus NG-21 were, Cygnus NG-23 will be propelled by Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicles while the new Antares 330 is in development. Cygnus NG-22 was damaged in transit and will not be launched.

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