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LAUNCH OF NG-19 CYGNUS CARGO MISSION TO ISS, Aug 1, 2023, Wallops Island, VA, 8:31 pm ET (NASA TV begins 8:00 pm ET)

Update, July 21: The launch time has been refined to 8:31 pm ET on August 1.  If launch is on schedule, NG-19 will arrive at the ISS on August 4.

Original Entry: NASA and Northrop Grumman will launch the next Cygnus cargo mission, NG-19, to the International Space Station from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, VA on August 1, 2023 at 8:30 pm ET.


This is the final launch of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 230+ rocket, which uses hardware provided a Ukranian company and engines built in Russia. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2023, neither are available. Northrop Grumman signed an agreement with the U.S. company Firefly to build a new U.S- version, Antares 330, that is expected to become available in 2024. Northrop Grumman purchased three launches from SpaceX to continue launching Cygnus to the ISS during the interim. Those launches will be from Kennedy Space Center, FL.

Details

Date:
August 1, 2023
Time:
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm