Quick take from article.
NG11 will have gyros added to Cygnus for attitude control, currently uses thrusters. This will safe fuel allow them operate up to a year in orbit. Plan is to do more additional missions after leaving ISS.
Quick take from article.
NG11 will have gyros added to Cygnus for attitude control, currently uses thrusters. This will safe fuel allow them operate up to a year in orbit. Plan is to do more additional missions after leaving ISS.
And most interestingly (although it won't be demonstrated in NG-11, but would be easy enough to implement if the test objectives are successful), it would be able to redock to ISS. Will Cygnus shortly be the first operational man-tended free-flyer?
https://www.interfax.ru/world/651941
Google translation
Cygnus spaceship de-orbited and burned over the Pacific Ocean
The mission officially ended on February 25 at 4:05 pm US Eastern Coast , when Cygnus made a safe entry into the Earth’s atmosphere and collapsed over the Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand
I don't see "p.m" in the original Russian (and that would be after your post anyway!)
Thus far, NASA has not yet expressed interest in or need for a larger pressurized Cygnus launch on an Atlas V or the external payload-only version of Cygnus, both of which were mandated by the CRS2 contract application guidelines.
Hi guy!
In the article of Chris Gebhardt of the February 25, 2019 I had red about other versions of the Cygnus. Where I can find images or drawings of these versions? I would be interested to build the model kit of these versions. Thanks to anyone who could help me in this search.