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Cargo spacecraft "Cygnus OA-5"


BRIEFLY ABOUT CARGO
Registration number 2016-062A / 41818
Time and date of launch (UTC) 23h.45m.    October 17, 2016
Launch site Wallops Island, LP-0A
Launch vehicle Antares-230
Mass (kg)
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 51.6
   - period (minutes)
   - perigee (km)
   - apogee (km)
Time and date of entry ignition (UTC) 23h.05m.    November 28, 2016
Duration 41d.23h.
Distance (km)
Number of revolutions around Earth 654
Summary The 17th ISS american cargo-ship. Flight Cygnus-OA5 to the international space station. Delivery of cargo to the orbital station ISS   (the 91st cargo ship to ISS). Berthed to the bottom (nadir) port of module "Unity"   with station's robot arm.



TIMELINE
Date Time (UTC) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Station's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Oct 17, 2016 23:45:40 1 ISS:102407/8 Lift-off cargo "Cygnus OA-5" .
Oct 18, 2016 19:24 30 Tiangong-2:523 Docking of spacecraft "Shenzhou-11"   (crew: Jing, Haipeng   Chen, Don ) with station "Tiangong-2" .
Oct 18, 2016 22? 31? Tiangong-2:524? Opened hatches between spacecraft Shenzhou-11 and "Tiangong-2"   (crew of spacecraft "Shenzhou-11" : Jing, Haipeng   Chen, Don ).
Oct 19, 2016 08:05:14 1 ISS:102328? Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-MS02" , flight ISS-48S (crew: Ryzhikov,   Borisenko,   Kimbrough ).
Oct 21, 2016 09:58 34 ISS:102461 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-MS02"   (crew: Ryzhikov,   Borisenko,   Kimbrough ) to the docking port of module "Poisk"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-MS01"   - "Progress MS-03" .
Oct 21, 2016 12:20 ?? ISS:102463 Opened hatches between spacecraft Soyuz-MS02 and ISS (crew of spacecraft "Soyuz-MS02" : Ryzhikov,   Borisenko,   Kimbrough ).
Oct 23, 2016 11:28 87 ISS:102493 Cargo "Cygnus OA-5"   captured by ISS robot arm.
Oct 23, 2016 14:53 89 ISS:102495 Cargo "Cygnus OA-5"   berthing to the bottom (nadir) port of module "Unity"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-MS01"   - "Soyuz-MS02"   - "Progress MS-03"   with the help of ISS robot arm.
Oct 29, 2016 21:12 1787 ISS:102592 closed hatches between spacecraft Soyuz-MS01 and ISS (crew of spacecraft "Soyuz-MS01" : Ivanishin,   Onishi,   Rubins ).
Oct 30, 2016 00:35 1789 ISS:102595 undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-MS01"   (crew: Ivanishin,   Onishi,   Rubins ) from the docking port of module "Rassvet"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-MS02"   - "Progress MS-03"   - "Cygnus OA-5" .
Oct 30, 2016 03:06:35 1791 ISS:102596 deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-MS01"   (crew: Ivanishin,   Onishi,   Rubins ).
Oct 30, 2016 03:58 1792 ISS:102597 landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-MS01"   (crew: Ivanishin,   Onishi,   Rubins ).
Nov 17, 2016 02? 488? Tiangong-2:981? closed hatches between spacecraft Shenzhou-11 and "Tiangong-2"   (crew of spacecraft "Shenzhou-11" : Jing, Haipeng   Chen, Don ).
Nov 17, 2016 04:41 489 Tiangong-2:982 Undocking of spacecraft "Shenzhou-11"   (crew: Jing, Haipeng   Chen, Don ) from station "Tiangong-2" .
Nov 17, 2016 20:20:13 1 ISS:102887 Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-MS03" , flight ISS-49S (crew: Novitskiy,   Pesquet,   Whitson ).
Nov 18, 2016 05:20? 505 Tiangong-2:998 Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Shenzhou-11"   (crew: Jing, Haipeng   Chen, Don ).
Nov 18, 2016 06:07? 506 Tiangong-2:999 Landing of spacecraft "Shenzhou-11"   (crew: Jing, Haipeng   Chen, Don ).
Nov 19, 2016 21:58 33/4 ISS:102919/20 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-MS03"   (crew: Novitskiy,   Pesquet,   Whitson ) to the docking port of module "Rassvet"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-MS02"   - "Progress MS-03"   - "Cygnus OA-5" .
Nov 20, 2016 00:40 35 ISS:102921 Opened hatches between spacecraft Soyuz-MS03 and ISS (crew of spacecraft "Soyuz-MS03" : Novitskiy,   Pesquet,   Whitson ).
Nov 21, 2016 10? 537 ISS:102943 Unberthing of "Cygnus OA-5"   from to the bottom (nadir) port of module "Unity"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-MS02"   - "Soyuz-MS03"   - "Progress MS-03"   with the help of ISS robot arm.
Nov 21, 2016 13:22 539 ISS:102945 Cargo "Cygnus OA-5"   released by ISS robot arm.
Nov 28, 2016 23:05 653 ISS:103060 Deorbit burn of "Cygnus OA-5" .
Nov 28, 2016 23:50 654/5 ISS:103061 End of existence of "Cygnus OA-5" . Re-entry 23:40.

Sources:
  Mission Control Center (TsUP) from 2007
  Alexander Zheleznyakov
  Spaceflight now
  journal "Novosti Kosmonavtiki" ("News of Cosmonautics") from 1993 till our time
  journal "Kosmonavtika, astronomiya" ("Cosmonautics, astronomy") 1983-1991 years
  book "Evolution of vehicle-creating and cosmonautics in the USSR" by Valentin P. Glushko, Moscow, 1987
  Jonathan's Space Report
  and many other people and editions
  


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