10|9891|2Oct2020 21:26:07 Eastern<br><strong>Second stage separation</strong><br>Cygnus has separated from the second stage and is now starting to chase down the ISS for capture and docking in the early hours of Monday morning.<br><br>2Oct2020 21:24:49 Eastern<br><strong>Second stage MECO</strong><br>The second stage engine has terminated and the Cygnus spacecraft is now in orbit.<br><br>2Oct2020 21:21:21 Eastern<br><strong>Second stage ignition</strong><br><br><br>2Oct2020 21:21:07 Eastern<br><strong>Payload fairing jettison </strong><br>The payload fairing and Interstage context have been jettisoned.<br><br>2Oct2020 21:20:17 Eastern<br><strong>First stage engine cutoff and separation</strong><br><br><br>2Oct2020 21:18:24 Eastern<br><strong>LIFTOFF</strong><br><a href="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-03-at-02.16.56.png"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-133956" src="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-03-at-02.16.56-500x280.png" alt="" width="500" height="280" /></a>
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<br><a href="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-03-at-02.17.15.png"><img src="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-03-at-02.17.15-500x281.png" alt="" width="500" height="281" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-133955" /></a><br><br>2Oct2020 21:12:35 Eastern<br><strong>T-5 Minutes all is GO for Launch</strong><br><a href="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-03-at-02.11.48.png"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-133952" src="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-03-at-02.11.48-500x280.png" alt="" width="500" height="280" /></a><br><br>2Oct2020 21:06:09 Eastern<br><strong>T-10 minutes and counting</strong><br><br><br>2Oct2020 21:05:29 Eastern<br><strong>Poll for final countdown </strong><br>The poll to enter the terminal countdown has just taken place and all stations are reporting go for launch.<br><br>2Oct2020 21:01:01 Eastern<br><strong>All systems are Green for todays launch </strong><br>Everything including weather is go for today's launch attempt.<br><br>2Oct2020 21:00:14 Eastern<br><strong>Fuelling is now complete </strong><br>All propellants are now fully loaded on the Antares rocket.<br><br>2Oct2020 20:59:35 Eastern<br><strong>Launch will be visible from a large part of the Eastern Seaboard</strong><br><a href="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-03-at-01.58.08.png"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-133943" src="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-03-at-01.58.08-500x288.png" alt="" width="500" height="288" /></a><br><br>2Oct2020 20:56:00 Eastern<br><strong>L-20 minutes</strong><br>Antares is continuing smoothly as oprpellants continue to flow into the rocket.
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<br><a href="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-03-at-01.53.04.png"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-133942" src="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-03-at-01.53.04-500x278.png" alt="" width="500" height="278" /></a><br><br>2Oct2020 20:47:25 Eastern<br><strong>The flight takes 9 minutes to reach orbit</strong><br>The flight plan for the launch today calls for a 9 minute ride into orbit.  The first stage burns for 3 minutes 18 seconds. After the separation of the first stage, interstage and payload fairing the second stage ignites at L+4 minutes 7 seconds. This burns for a further 2 minutes 45 seconds after which the rocket is in orbit.  At 8 minutes 52 seconds after launch the second stage separates and Cygnus is flying on its own and starts the chase down of the International Space Station.<br><br>2Oct2020 20:39:00 Eastern<br><strong>The Antares is being fuelled for tonight's launch attempt</strong><br>The Antares rocket is once again being filled with propellants in preparation for tonight's launch.  The Antares 230+ first stage rocket uses RP-1 and liquid Oxygen.  RP-1 is a highly refined form of Kerosene.<br><br>2Oct2020 12:43:52 Eastern<br><strong>NASA Wallops confirm launch attempt tonight</strong><br>With the Ground support issue sorted NASA Wallops Island confirm that they will make another attempt to launch the Antares and Cygnus tonight at 9:16pm Eastern.
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<br><a href="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-02-at-17.41.19.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-133890" src="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-02-at-17.41.19.png" alt="" width="586" height="219" /></a><br><br>1Oct2020 21:54:52 Eastern<br><strong>Scrub due to Ground Equipment</strong><br>Today's scrub was called by the automated terminal countdown sequencer due to an unspecified ground equipment failure just over 2 minutes before launch.  This is currently being investigated prior to a new launch date being set.<br><br>1Oct2020 21:47:29 Eastern<br><strong>24 hour scrub turnaround would see T-0 of 9:16pm tomorrow night.</strong><br>The next opportunity for launch would be 9:16 tomorrow evening assuming that the cause of the scrub can be identified and rectified.<br><br>1Oct2020 21:45:09 Eastern<br><strong>Antares is now being safed</strong><br>After the scrub was called the Antares is now being made safe.  The reason for the scrub is currently unknown.<br><br>1Oct2020 21:42:30 Eastern<br><strong>Launch aborted  </strong><br>No launch tonight...<br><br>1Oct2020 21:38:35 Eastern<br><strong>L-5 minutes</strong><br>All systems go.  About to enter Terminal Countdown for today's launch of the Antares 230+.
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<br><a href="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-02-at-02.37.14.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-133792" src="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-02-at-02.37.14.png" alt="" width="1419" height="721" /></a><br><br>1Oct2020 21:35:10 Eastern<br><strong>Clock is running again.</strong><br>The hold has just been released and is ticking to a launch at 9:43:44 right at the end of the window.  The hold was due to a boat encroaching in the no-go area out in the Atlantic Ocean.
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<br>The Terminal Countdown Poll was GO for launch.<br><br>1Oct2020 21:28:53 Eastern<br><strong>Countdown will hold at T-11 minutes</strong><br>The launch teams will hold at T-11 for a few minutes.  There are a couple of issues for potential toxic fuel spill in case of an incident.  Launch is pushed to 9:43pm.<br><br>1Oct2020 21:23:48 Eastern<br><strong>T-15 minutes</strong><br>Antares rocket is now fully fuelled on launch pad 0A. The countdown is progressing smoothly with no issues currently being worked.<br><br>1Oct2020 21:17:05 Eastern<br><strong>T-20 minutes</strong><br>The teams are performing checks of the various systems as the countdown hits T-20.  There will shortly be a poll for terminal countdown.
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<br><a href="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-02-at-02.15.17.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-133787" src="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-02-at-02.15.17.png" alt="" width="1390" height="722" /></a><br><br>1Oct2020 21:12:03 Eastern<br><strong>9 minute flight to orbit</strong><br>Tonight's Antares launch flight plan calls for a 9 minute journey into orbit.  Thereafter the Cygnus spacecraft will chase down the International Space Station for docking on Saturday.
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<br><a href="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-02-at-01.52.31.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-133786" src="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-02-at-01.52.31.png" alt="" width="1025" height="572" /></a><br><br>1Oct2020 21:09:27 Eastern<br><strong>Today's Cygnus dedicated to Kalpana Chawla</strong><br>The space craft today is named SS Kalpana Chawla in honour of Space Shuttle Astronaut Kalpana Chawla.
<br><a href="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-02-at-02.04.12.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-133785" src="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-02-at-02.04.12.png" alt="" width="1425" height="747" /></a><br><br>1Oct2020 21:04:48 Eastern<br><strong>All systems GO FOR LAUNCH</strong><br>With just over 30 minutes to go before the launch today there are currently no issues being worked.
<br><br><br>1Oct2020 21:02:05 Eastern<br><strong>Weather forecast is 80% favourable</strong><br>The weather is 90% favourable for the Launch of Antares today.
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<br><a href="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-02-at-02.01.14.png"><img src="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-02-at-02.01.14.png" alt="" width="1376" height="692" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-133784" /></a><br><br>1Oct2020 20:58:27 Eastern<br><strong>Countdown is underway for the Antares/Cygnus launch</strong><br>The countdown for the Antares/Cygnus launch to the International space station.
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<br>Fuelling is underway, but there appear to be an issue with ground equipment that engineers are working to solve.<br><br>28Sep2020 5:37:09 Eastern<br><strong>Weather delays Antares NG-14</strong><br>Inclement weather on the Eastern Seaboard has delayed the launch of the Antares rocket until 1 October at 9:38pm.
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<br><a href="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screenshot-2020-09-28-at-10.35.22.png"><img src="http://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screenshot-2020-09-28-at-10.35.22-486x800.png" alt="" width="486" height="800" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-133179" /></a><br><br>Oct 3 - Antares 230 : NG-14
			Launch site Wallops Island, VA<br>
			Launch Date Oct 3<br>From Launch Pad 0A<br>Launch Window : 9:16pm 1st Eastern (1:16 2nd GMT)<br>Northrop Grumman will launch an Antares rocket from launch pad 0A at Wallops Island Virginia carrying the Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station.
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<br>The Cygnus spacecraft will deliver approximately 3,629 kg (8,000lb.) of cargo to the space station. Northrop Grumman is honored to name the NG-14 Cygnus spacecraft after the first woman of Indian descent to fly in space, Kalpana Chawla.<br><br>