Cygnus Orb-D1

Orbital-D1

Canadarm2 grapples the S.S. G. David Low
Mission type	Test flight ISS logistics
Operator	Orbital
COSPAR ID	2013-051A
SATCAT no.	39258
Mission duration	35 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	S.S. G. David Low
Bus	Standard Cygnus[1]
Manufacturer	Orbital Thales Alenia (PCM)
Launch mass	4,127 kg (9,098 lb)[2]
Payload mass	700 kg (1,500 lb)[3]
Start of mission
Launch date	18 September 2013, 14:58:02 UTC[4]
Rocket	Antares 110[1]
Launch site	Wallops Pad 0A
Contractor	Orbital
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	23 October 2013, 18:16 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit[5]
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Inclination	51.65°
Berthing at the International Space Station
Berthing port	Harmony nadir
RMS capture	29 September 2013, 11:00 UTC
Berthing date	29 September 2013, 12:44 UTC
Unberthing date	22 October 2013, 10:04 UTC
RMS release	22 October 2013, 11:31 UTC
Time berthed	22 days, 21 hours, 20 minutes
Orbital mission patch Commercial Resupply Services ← SpaceX CRS-2 Orbital-1 →   Cygnus flights ← Antares A-ONE Orbital-1 →

Orbital-D1,^[6] also known as Orb-D1,^[7][8] and Cygnus 1,^[9] was the first flight of the Cygnus cargo spacecraft developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation. It was named after the late NASA astronaut and Orbital Sciences executive G. David Low. The flight was carried out by Orbital Sciences under contract to NASA as Cygnus' demonstration mission in the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. The mission launched on 18 September 2013 at 14:58:02 UTC. Cygnus was the seventh type of spacecraft to visit the International Space Station (ISS), after the crewed Soyuz and Space Shuttle, and uncrewed Progress, ATV, HTV and Dragon 1.