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Wallops Island LP0A

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Antares launch complex.

Country: USA. Spacecraft: Cygnus, Cubesat. Launch Vehicles: Antares 110, Antares 120.

2013 April 21 - . 21:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LP0A. LV Family: Antares LV. Launch Vehicle: Antares 110.

Cygnus Mass Simulator - . Mass: 4,000 kg (8,800 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Manufacturer: OSC. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned logistics spacecraft. Spacecraft: Cygnus. Decay Date: 2013-04-27 . USAF Sat Cat: 39142 . COSPAR: 2013-016A. Apogee: 161 km (100 mi). Perigee: 153 km (95 mi). Inclination: 51.61 deg. Period: 87.63 min.
First launch of the Antares launch vehicle, combining surplus rocket engines from the Soviet N1 moon rocket program with US-built components. The mass simulator carried instrumentation to measure the launch vehicle environment in preparation for future launches of the Cygnus spacecraft designed to carry cargo to the International Space Station. It also released four cubesats into independent orbits.

Dove-1 - . Mass: 3.00 kg (6.60 lb). Nation: USA. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. Decay Date: 2013-04-27 . USAF Sat Cat: 39143 . COSPAR: 2013-016B. Apogee: 169 km (105 mi). Perigee: 160 km (90 mi). Inclination: 51.62 deg. Period: 87.78 min. 3U cubesat, a demonstration satellite for Cosmogia, designed to return on-board system health data and validate the design for future Dove satellites, which will carry remote sensing payloads..

Alexander - . Mass: 1.00 kg (2.20 lb). Nation: USA. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. Decay Date: 2013-04-27 . USAF Sat Cat: 39144 . COSPAR: 2013-016C. Apogee: 152 km (94 mi). Perigee: 134 km (83 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 87.35 min. 1U cubesat from NASA's Ames Research Center, designed to demonstrate use of a commercial Nexus S mobile phone as a spacecraft avionics/computer system, together with an S-band radio, solar panels, GPS receiver, magnetorquers and reaction wheels..

Bell - . Mass: 1.00 kg (2.20 lb). Nation: USA. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. Decay Date: 2013-05-10 . USAF Sat Cat: 39145 . COSPAR: 2013-016D. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Perigee: 144 km (89 mi). Inclination: 51.61 deg. Period: 87.42 min. 1U cubesat from NASA's Ames Research Center, designed to demonstrate use of a commercial Nexus One Android-based mobile phone as a spacecraft avionics/computer system..

Graham - . Mass: 1.00 kg (2.20 lb). Nation: USA. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. Decay Date: 2013-04-26 . USAF Sat Cat: 39146 . COSPAR: 2013-016E. Apogee: 175 km (108 mi). Perigee: 161 km (100 mi). Inclination: 51.62 deg. Period: 87.85 min. 1U cubesat from NASA's Ames Research Center, designed to demonstrate use of a commercial Nexus One Android-based mobile phone as a spacecraft avionics/computer system..

2014 July 13 - . 16:52 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LP0A. LV Family: Antares LV. Launch Vehicle: Antares 120.

SS Janice Voss - . Payload: Cygnus OA-2. Mass: 3,500 kg (7,700 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Manufacturer: OSC. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned logistics spacecraft. Spacecraft: Cygnus. Duration: 35.00 days. Decay Date: 2014-08-17 . USAF Sat Cat: 40084 . COSPAR: 2014-039A. Apogee: 407 km (252 mi). Perigee: 386 km (239 mi). Inclination: 51.65 deg. Period: 92.48 min.
Delivered 1,494 kg of cargo to the ISS. After rendezvous with the ISS the station's SSRMS arm grappled it at 10:36 GMT on July 16 and berthed it to the Harmony module at 12:53 GMT. Unberthed at 09:14 GMT on August 15 and released by Canadarm-2 at 10:40 GMT. Deorbited and reentered at 13:15 GMT on 17 August over the South Pacific.

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