Comments on: Antares launches Cygnus freighter to ISS https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/antares-launches-cygnus-freighter-to-iss/ Thu, 18 Apr 2019 14:10:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: geoffc https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/antares-launches-cygnus-freighter-to-iss/#comment-1066530 Thu, 18 Apr 2019 14:10:09 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=57860#comment-1066530 With Cygus at station this week (assuming 1-2 day orbit time, arriving today/tomorrow) and SpaceX launching CRS-17 on Friday next week, we should see both CBM ports occupied by US vehicles. Yay!

Russia usually keeps 4 vehicles on their end (2 Soyuz, 2 Progress, and previously 1 ATV from Europe) and there have been 6 vehicles (ATV, HTV, Shuttle, and 2 Soyuz, 1 progress Feb 2011 (STS 133 mission).

https://i.stack.imgur.com/VJ6bd.jpg

One day we might see as many as seven, but unlikely.

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