CRS-9: Liftoff!

Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket with Cygnus spacecraft has lifted off from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. This mission, CRS-9, is Orbital ATK’s ninth contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station.

Upcoming Flight Milestones (Approx. Times)

• EDT                        Event
• 4:47 am           Main Engine Cutoff (MECO) on Antares first stage
• 4:47 am           Stage 1 Separation
• 4:47 am           Fairing Separation
• 4:48 am           Interstage Separtion
• 4:48 am           Second stage ignition
• 4:51 am           Stage 2 Burnout/orbit insertion
• 4:52 am           Cygnus separation from second stage
• 5:45 am           NASA TV Commentary resumes for Solar Array Deploy
• 6:00 am         Solar Array Deployment Begins
• 6:30 am         Solar Array Deployment Ends
• 7:00 am         Post-launch news conference