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Atlas V launches Cygnus vessel

Submit on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 22:59

Rocket: Atlas V 401/Centaur; Payload: OA-6/Cygnus; Date: 23 March 2016; Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. Approximately 21 minutes after lift-off, the spacecraft successfully separated from the Centaur upper stage at its initial orbit, approximately 230 km above the Earth, inclined at 51.6 degrees to the equator.

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