🚀 Atlas 5 | 🛰 OA-6
Launch date: March 23, 2016 03:05 UTC
Payload: Cygnus
Location: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Vehicle: Atlas 5
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-064, will launch the sixth Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo freighter on its fifth operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The mission is known as OA-6. The rocket will fly in the 401 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.
SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, USA
Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) is a prominent rocket launch pad located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Originally constructed in the 1960s for the Titan III and Titan IV rocket families, SLC-41 was later refurbished to accommodate United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V vehicle, and more recently, the Vulcan Centaur rocket. The site has played a critical role in launching key missions to Mars, Jupiter, and Pluto, including the Mars Science Laboratory and New Horizons.
SLC-41’s modern facilities support a wide range of commercial, scientific, and military missions. Its distinctive clean-pad design enables efficient vehicle processing and rapid launch cadence. The pad continues to be central to ULA’s operations as newer launch vehicles like Vulcan Centaur take to the skies from this historic site.