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Antares 230+

Antares 230 Family rocket variant.

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Mission History
8 Missions
S.S. Laurel Clark2023
S.S. Sally Ride2022
S.S. Piers Sellers2022
S.S. Ellison Onizuka2021
S.S. Katherine Johnson2021
S.S. Kalpana Chawla2020
S.S. Robert Lawrence2020
S.S. Alan Bean2019
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A Northrop Grumman Antares 230+ rocket launched the NG-16 Cygnus cargo spacecraft on 2021-08-10 from Pad 0A at the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia.

Mentioned as: Antares 230+SourceAug 10, 2021

A Northrop Grumman Antares 230+ rocket launched the NG-17 mission from Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia on 2022-02-19 with a Cygnus cargo spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Antares 230+SourceFeb 19, 2022

Northrop Grumman launched an Antares 230+ rocket carrying the Cygnus spacecraft from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on 2022-11-07.

Mentioned as: Antares 230+SourceNov 7, 2022

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft launched on 2022-11-07 on the next-to-last flight of the Antares 230+ rocket.

Mentioned as: Antares 230+SourceNov 7, 2022

Antares 230+ uses a first stage manufactured by Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye State Design Office and Yuzhmash Machine Building plant and RD-181 engines from Russian company NPO Energomash.

Mentioned as: Antares 230+SourceJul 31, 2023

The Antares 230+ first stage is built by Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye State Design Office and Yuzhmash Machine Building plant and uses RD-181 engines from Russian company NPO Energomash.

Mentioned as: Antares 230+SourceAug 2, 2023

An Antares 230+ rocket launched a Cygnus cargo spacecraft on 2023-08-01 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia at 8:31 p.m. Eastern.

Mentioned as: Antares 230+SourceAug 2, 2023

Northrop Grumman plans to retire the Antares 230+ rocket and replace it with a new Antares 330 rocket in mid-2025.

Mentioned as: Antares 230+Source