Posted on 11/16/2015 12:16:51 PM PST by BenLurkin
Blastoff of Cygnus atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket on the OA-4 resupply mission under contract to NASA is anticipated on December 3, 2015 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at approximately 5:55 pm. ET.
The cylindrically shaped Cygnus, manufactured by Orbital ATK, was on display for the press inside the KSC clean room with both halves of the 14 foot (4 meter) wide Atlas rocket aluminum payload fairing, within which it will be encapsulated on Monday, Nov, 16, as technicians and engineers were actively at work conducting final close out operations and inspections in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF).
Technicians had already fueled Cygnus with the toxic propellants hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide which it will use to maneuver to the ISS.
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