Cygnus NG-13
NG-13, previously known as OA-13, was the fourteenth flight of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its thirteenth flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA. The mission launched on 15 February 2020 at 20:21:01 UTC after nearly a week of delays. This is the second launch of Cygnus under the CRS-2 contract.
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| Names | OA-13 (2016–2018) |
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| Mission type | ISS logistics |
| Operator | Northrop Grumman |
| COSPAR ID | 2020-011A |
| SATCAT no. | 45175 |
| Mission duration | 103 days, 23 hours, 7 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | S.S. Robert H. Lawrence |
| Spacecraft type | Enhanced Cygnus |
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| Payload mass | 3,377 kilograms (7,445 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 15 February 2020, 20:21:01 UTC |
| Rocket | Antares 230+ |
| Launch site | Wallops Pad 0A |
| Contractor | Northrop Grumman |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 29 May 2020, 19:29 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Berthing at the International Space Station | |
| Berthing port | Unity nadir |
| RMS capture | 18 February 2020, 09:05 UTC |
| Berthing date | 18 February 2020, 11:16 UTC |
| Unberthing date | 11 May 2020, 13:00 UTC |
| RMS release | 11 May 2020, 16:09 UTC |
| Time berthed | 83 days, 1 hour, 44 minutes |
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Orbital ATK and NASA jointly developed a new space transportation system to provide commercial cargo resupply services to the International Space Station (ISS). Under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, then Orbital Sciences designed and built Antares, a medium-class launch vehicle, with Ukrainian specialists providing first stage structure.
Cygnus, an advanced maneuvered spacecraft, mates a Pressurized Cargo Module, provided by Orbital's industrial partner Thales Alenia Space, with their GEOStar satellite bus. Northrop Grumman purchased Orbital in June 2018; its ATK division was renamed Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems.