Cygnus Mass Simulator (A-One)
Cygnus Mass Simulator [OSC]
The Cygnus Mass Simulator is a dummy payload represanting the mass properties of the Cygnus-PCM spacecraft on the maiden flight of the Antares-110 rocket (A-One mission).
On the mass simulator, two ISIPod cubesat dispensers are mounted to deploy four cubesats flown as piggy-back payloads. The cubesats were ejected before the mass simulator was seperated from the second stage.
| Nation: | USA |
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| Type / Application: | Vehicle evaluation |
| Operator: | Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) |
| Contractors: | Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) |
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| Propulsion: | None |
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| Mass: | 3800 kg |
| Orbit: | 237 km × 258 km, 51.61° |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| Cygnus Mass Simulator | 21.04.2013 | WI LC-0A | Antares-110 | with Dove 1, PhoneSat v1a, PhoneSat v1b, PhoneSat v2a |
