RetiredNorthrop GrummanFirst Launch: 2013-04-21
Antares 230+
US-Ukrainian medium-lift rocket used to launch Cygnus cargo missions to the ISS, powered by Russian-derived RD-181 engines, retired ahead of the redesigned Antares 300 series.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
18
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
17
1 failures
SUCCESS RATE
94.4%
LANDINGS
0
Expendable Vehicle
Northrop GrummanFeatured Photography
Antares Launches Cygnus NG-14 to ISS
NASA / Bill Ingalls
Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: Northrop GrummanVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 42.5 m
- Body Diameter
- 3.9 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 298 t
- Stages Count
- 2
- Fairing Diameter
- 3.9 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Expendable
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 8 t
- Cost per Launch
- $82,500,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$10,313 / kg
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High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
3 photos & renders of Antares 230+
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Liftoff2020-10-02Antares Launches Cygnus NG-14 to ISS
Northrop Grumman Antares 230+ rocket carrying the S.S. Kalpana Chawla Cygnus cargo craft to the ISS from Wallops Island.
NASA / Bill Ingalls
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Pad2019-11-01Antares on Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A
Antares rocket standing vertical on Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on the Virginia coast.
NASA / Terry Zaperach
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Rollout2018-05-17Antares Horizontal Rollout at Wallops Island
Antares on its Transporter Erector Launcher rolling out from the Horizontal Integration Facility.
NASA / Patrick Black
Source SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Antares 230+.
Summary stats and flight achievements are detailed in the overview above.