Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 |
| 2027 | 0 | 3 |
| 2028 | 0 | 3 |
| 2029 | 0 | 3 |
| 2030 | 0 | 3 |
| 2031 | 0 | 3 |
| 2032 | 0 | 3 |
| 2033 | 0 | 3 |
| 2034 | 0 | 3 |
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antares 330 | LEO | 10,500 kg | Unknown | 51.6 deg | Northrop Grumman Antares Rocket |
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
| S.S. Laurel Clark Mission | Antares 230+ | Aug 2, 2023 |
| S.S. Sally Ride Mission | Antares 230+ | Nov 7, 2022 |
| S.S. Piers Sellers Mission | Antares 230+ | Feb 19, 2022 |
| S.S. Ellison Onizuka Mission |
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Antares 110 | Not stated | 2 | Retired |
Antares 120 | Not stated | 2 | Retired |
Antares 130 | Not stated | 1 | Retired |
Antares 230 | Not stated | 5 | Retired |
| 2035 | 0 | 3 |
| 2036 | 0 | 3 |
| 2037 | 0 | 3 |
| 2038 | 0 | 3 |
| 2039 | 0 | 3 |
| 2040 | 0 | 3 |
| 2041 | 0 | 3 |
1 launch location represented.
| Year | Location | Launches | Confidence | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2027 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2028 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2029 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2030 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2031 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2032 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2033 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2034 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2035 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2036 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2037 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2038 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2039 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2040 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. |
| 2041 | Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | Pad 0A | 3 | 35% | Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence. Site-year coverage backfill copied... |
Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence.
Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence.
Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence.
Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence.
Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence.
Antares 230+ |
| Aug 10, 2021 |
| S.S. Katherine Johnson | Antares 230+ | Feb 20, 2021 |
| S.S. Kalpana Chawla Mission | Antares 230+ | Oct 3, 2020 |
| S.S. Robert Lawrence Mission | Antares 230+ | Feb 15, 2020 |
| S.S. Alan Bean | Antares 230+ | Nov 2, 2019 |
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Antares 230+ | Not stated | 8 | Retired |
Antares 330 | Not stated | 0 | Development |
Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence.
Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence.
Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence.
Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence.
Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence.
Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence.
Northrop Grumman describes Antares 330 for Cygnus cargo service; model as up to three annual launches for CRS-class cadence.
The seven official Rubin Observatory community brokers are ALeRCE, AMPEL, ANTARES, Babamul, Fink, Lasair, Pitt-Google, SNAPS, and POI Broker.
The NOIRLab team followed a total of 18 Rubin alerts that ANTARES flagged as likely supernovae.
NSF NOIRLab operates the Arizona–NOIRLab Temporal Analysis and Response to Events System (ANTARES) for the scientific community.
ANTARES receives alerts from Rubin Observatory in real time and sorts them into categories based on object characteristics.
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Firefly Aerospace built an interstage for Northrop Grumman's Antares 330 rocket in-house.
Qualification of the interstage represents a key technical milestone in validating Antares 330 launcher structures.
Firefly Aerospace contributes to the production of multiple components and systems for the Antares 330 program.
Firefly Aerospace designed the Antares 330 interstage to combine structural strength with mass reduction.
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The ANTARES alert broker was developed by the Time-Domain Services program at NSF NOIRLab's Community Science and Data Center under director Tom Matheson.
Northrop Grumman has used the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island for Antares launches.
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Antares has secured contracts with the United States Air Force, Space Force, Defense Innovation Unit, and NASA.
Antares has raised over $130 million in funding to date.