SpaceX F9 : Cygnus NG-20 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 January 2024 (17:07 UTC)

[catdlr]

https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1753765518605942881

[Tomness]

https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1753765518605942881

SpaceX & NG got be happy about that if they are inspected to be flight worthy.

[realnouns]

Bob returned to PC on Feb 2 @ 9:27pm ET

[king1999]

https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1753765518605942881

SpaceX & NG got be happy about that if they are inspected to be flight worthy.

Is that black square patch the door for late load? Never seen it before for other recovered fairing halves.

[darkenfast]

I believe it's the gap between two fairing halves in line with each other.

[king1999]

I believe it's the gap between two fairing halves in line with each other.

LOL. Yeh, you are right. Nothing to see there.

[Steven Pietrobon]

Here's the NG 20 Mission Profile, which I only found today.

[Targeteer]

July 8, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-092

NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman’s 20th Cargo Space Station Departure

 Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft and the International Space Station above western Mongolia (Credits: NASA).

 Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Friday, July 12, five and a half months after delivering more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware, and other cargo to the orbiting laboratory for NASA and its international partners.

This mission was the company’s 20th commercial resupply mission to the space station for NASA.

Live coverage of the spacecraft’s departure will begin at 6:30 a.m. EDT on the NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms including social media.

Flight controllers on the ground will send commands for the space station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach Cygnus from the Unity module’s Earth-facing port, then maneuver the spacecraft into position for its release at 7 a.m. NASA astronaut Mike Barratt will monitor Cygnus’ systems upon its departure from the space station.

Following unberthing, the Kentucky Re-entry Probe Experiment-2 (KREPE-2), stowed inside Cygnus, will take measurements to demonstrate a thermal protection system for the spacecraft and its contents during re-entry in Earth’s atmosphere.

Cygnus - filled with trash packed by the station crew - will be commanded to deorbit on Saturday, July 13, setting up a destructive re-entry in which the spacecraft will safely burn up in Earth’s atmosphere.

The Northrop Grumman spacecraft arrived at the space station Feb. 1, following a launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Get breaking news, images, and features from the space station on the station blog, Instagram, Facebook, and X.

Learn more about Cygnus’ mission and the International Space Station at:
 
https://www.nasa.gov/station

[StraumliBlight]

Robotic Arm Releases Cygnus From Station [July 12]

At 7:01 a.m. EDT, the S.S. Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft was released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm which earlier detached Cygnus from the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station’s Unity module. At the time of release, the station was flying about 260 miles over the South Atlantic Ocean.

The Cygnus spacecraft successfully departed the space station more than five and a half months after arriving at the microgravity laboratory to deliver about 8,200 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware, and other cargo for NASA.

Up next, the Kentucky Re-entry Probe Experiment-2 (KREPE-2), stowed inside Cygnus, will take measurements to demonstrate a thermal protection system for spacecraft and their contents during re-entry in Earth’s atmosphere, which can be difficult to replicate in ground simulations.

Following a deorbit engine firing on Saturday, July 13, Cygnus will begin a planned destructive re-entry, in which the spacecraft – filled with trash packed by the station crew – will safely burn up in Earth’s atmosphere.

Cygnus arrived at the space station Feb. 1, following a launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. It was the company’s 20th commercial resupply services mission to the space station for NASA. The spacecraft is named the S.S. Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson in honor of the former NASA astronaut.