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 Canadarm2 grapples the S.S. Alan Poindexter. | |
| Names | Orbital-5 (2008–2015) |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS logistics |
| Operator | Orbital ATK |
| COSPAR ID | 2016-062A |
| SATCAT no. | 41818 |
| Mission duration | 40 days, 23 hours, 51 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | S.S. Alan Poindexter |
| Spacecraft type | Enhanced Cygnus[1][2] |
| Manufacturer |
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| Launch mass | 6,172 kg (13,607 lb)[3] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 17 October 2016, 23:45:36 UTC (7:45:36 pm EDT)[4] |
| Rocket | Antares 230[5][6] |
| Launch site | MARS, Pad 0A |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 27 November 2016, 23:36 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Berthing at ISS | |
| Berthing port | Unity nadir[4] |
| RMS capture | 23 October 2016, 11:28 UTC[7] |
| Berthing date | 23 October 2016, 14:53 UTC[8] |
| Unberthing date | 21 November 2016, 11:25 UTC[9] |
| RMS release | 21 November 2016, 13:22 UTC[10][11] |
| Time berthed | 28 days, 20 hours, 32 minutes |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2,425 kg (5,346 lb)[3] |
| Pressurised | 2,342 kg (5,163 lb)[12] |
| Unpressurised | 83 kg (183 lb)[12] |
  NASA (left) and Orbital ATK (right) insignias | |
OA-5, previously known as Orbital-5, was the seventh planned flight of the Orbital Sciences' uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.[13][14] The mission launched on 17 October 2016 at 23:45:36 UTC. Orbital Sciences 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 System (COTS) program, Orbital designed and built Antares, a medium-class launch vehicle; Cygnus, an advanced maneuvering spacecraft; and a Pressurized Cargo Module which is provided by Orbital's industrial partner Thales Alenia Space.[15]
The Cygnus spacecraft for this mission is named the S.S. Alan Poindexter in honor to astronaut Alan G. Poindexter, a deceased Space Shuttle commander.[16] Poindexter was selected in the 1998 NASA Group (G17) and went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-122 and STS-131.
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