Cygnus XL

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Payload LEO

5,000 kg

Assessment

Cargo spacecraft for ISS resupply (NASA CRS); the current Cygnus XL variant carries around 5,000 kg of pressurized cargo (~33% more than before). Launches on Antares or Falcon 9.

Source (provider information)

Technical data

Height7.9 m

Diameter3.1 m

PropellantHypergolic (hydrazine/N2O4)

ReusabilityExpendable

First flight2025

Lead time–

Provider launch sites

Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 46 (SLC-46)Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) Pad 0A – WallopsMid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) Pad 0B – WallopsPacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (PSCA) Launch Pad 1 – KodiakVandenberg Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8)

Price

Price on request

To the provider: Northrop Grumman

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