I didn't say it was on the 9th. I had seen it listed as the 9th, but is currently showing as the 14th. My point was that it had fluctuated a lot, and it could move again. Looking at predicted launch dates this far ahead and worrying about potential conflicts is a waste of time.
Orbital ATK has completed a significant mission milestone for NASA’s next International Space Station cargo mission.The Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) of the Cygnus spacecraft has arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for processing and assembly before launch. The OA-7 mission is targeted to launch on Thursday, March 16 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.Orbital ATK will launch Cygnus atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket for delivery of essential crew supplies, equipment and scientific experiments to astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The 30 minute launch window opens at 12:29am EDT.OA-7 will mark Orbital ATK’s seventh cargo delivery mission for NASA under its Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) -1 contract.
The OA-7 Pressurized Cargo Module has been uncrated at @NASAKennedy and is being prepped for a targeted March 16 launch. (NASA photos) #OA7
The #OA7 #Cygnus service module is on its way to @NASAKennedy! Launch to @Space_Station is scheduled for NET March 16
United Launch Alliance's navy has delivered Atlas 5 to Port Canaveral for resupply run to the space station in March http://spaceflightnow.com/2017/02/05/ulas-navy-delivers-rocket-that-will-launch-supplies-to-the-space-station/
Great to see ULA getting some missions in a market that they were originally barred from competing in. Space launch is a small community. Always good to see companies work together to get the job done during tough times, especially with recent failures. With OA7, I wonder how much payload mass ULA will have taken to the ISS compared to Falcon 9 and Antares.
Quote from: Ad_Astra7 on 11/04/2016 04:00 pmGreat to see ULA getting some missions in a market that they were originally barred from competing in. Space launch is a small community. Always good to see companies work together to get the job done during tough times, especially with recent failures. With OA7, I wonder how much payload mass ULA will have taken to the ISS compared to Falcon 9 and Antares.Just saw this post. Going by the previous Atlas & Antares Cygnus launches, there's about a 50% improvement in up-mass using Atlas over Antares
OK. I see your point. I was going by home much the last mission on Antares (OA-5) lifted which I read was 5163lbs. Atlas' last mission (OA-6) lifted 7758lbs
It was an uplifting experience as the @OrbitalATK OA-7 #Cygnus was lifted out of its shipping container, scheduled to launch March 19th. 🚀🛰️
.@NASAglenn Saffire-III experiment, which will examine how fire spreads in space, is installed in the #OA7 #Cygnus Pressurized Cargo Module
Cores purpose built for the RD-181 will be able to handle a little more (although still a little short of Atlas).