CYGNUS NG-12

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CYGNUS NG-12 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 44701

Int'l Code: 2019-071A

Perigee: 421.7 km

Apogee: 428.5 km

Inclination: 51.6 °

Period: 92.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 6796 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 2, 2019
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: WALLOPS ISLAND (WLPIS)

CYGNUS NG-12, (CRS OA-12), is the thirteenth flight of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its twelfth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA. Total weight of cargo was 3,705 kg (8,168 lb), consisting of 3,586 kg (7,905 lb) in pressurized cargo and 119 kg (262 lb) in unpressurized cargo. Among the cargo delivered was a special made oven for use in space, and some cookie dough. The crew of ISS will attempt to use the device to bake chocolate chip cookies in space (a first time for this kind of space activity). The baking of cookies in space attracted some international media attention when the mission was arriving at the space station.

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2 44701 051.6461 004.2278 0004979 149.7103 356.0543 15.49575453208967

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC