Orbital ATK CRS-4
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket has arrived on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41 adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, ready to boost an enhanced Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Science payloads aboard the Cygnus include a new life science facility that will support studies on cell cultures, bacteria, and other microorganisms. Also aboard is a microsatellite deployer and the first NanoRacks microsatellite to be deployed from the space station.
Mission: Orbital ATK CRS-4
Launch date: Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 4:44 p.m. EDT
Location: Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft is set to lift off December 3 at 5:55 p.m., carrying more than 7,000 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory to support dozens of approximately 250 science and research investigations that will occur during Expeditions 45 and 46.
