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Cygnus CRS Orb-3 (S.S. Deke Slayton)

Antares 130

FAILURE
Failure

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 · 22:22 UTC

Mission

/01

This was supposed to be the fourth Cygnus cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station, but resulted in the Antares rocket exploding seconds after liftoff.

Mission Type

Resupply

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Antares 130

Variant: 130

Launch Pad

Launch Area 0 A

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

37.834° N, 75.488° W

6

Pad Launches

59

Location Launches

72

Agency Launches

69

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