Cygnus NG-20 — 2024-021
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Cygnus NG-20 — 2024-021 was an orbital attempt conducted on January 30, 2024 from CC using Falcon 9, operated by SPX and carrying 1 recorded payload entry. The recorded outcome was success; the census identity distinguishes this attempt from flights that may share a mission name or launch date.
- Launch class
- Orbital attempt
- Launch date
- January 30, 2024
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Cygnus NG-20 — SpaceX NG-20 Launch
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A successful liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida as Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, heads to the International Space Station for the 20th Northrop Grumman resupply mission on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. The spacecraft is expected to reach the space station Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, bringing 8,200 pounds of science investigations, supplies, and equipment for the international crew.
About this launch
All launches targeting a positive-perigee Earth orbit, including success, partial success, failure, and pre-liftoff pad explosion. This launch is retained as its own historical attempt so its date, vehicle, origin, operator, trajectory, payload, and outcome can be followed without collapsing it into a program total.
Cygnus NG-20 — 2024-021 used Falcon 9 from CC under SPX. The technical record includes the Sat ISS D profile. 1 payload entry is connected to the launch manifest.
Launch facts
- Launch date
- January 30, 2024
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- CC
- Operator
- SPX
Technical details and catalog designation
Trajectory measurements and catalog terminology are retained here when available. Codes follow the original records.
- Launch class
- Orbital attempt
- Destination / profile
- Sat ISS D
- Payload entries
- 1
- Catalog designation
- 2024-021
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