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Antares 230

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Antares 230

Northrop Grumman Space Systems · Antares · RETIRED

Photograph: NASA/Bill Ingalls · NASA Image and Media Guidelines · licence

Antares 230 is an expendable launch vehicle built by Northrop Grumman Space Systems. It stands 42.5 m tall, lifts 7,800 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 17 October 2016. It has flown 5 times with 5 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height42.5 m
Diameter3.9 m
Payload to LEO7,800 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight17 October 2016
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights5
Successful5
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant230

About Antares 230

Antares known during early development as Taurus II, is an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems after Northrop Grumman acquired Orbital ATK) and the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's COTS and CRS programs. Able to launch payloads heavier than 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) into low-Earth orbit, Antares is the largest rocket operated by Orbital ATK. Antares launches from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and made its inaugural flight on April 21, 2013.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Antares 230 is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

Antares 230 in the archive

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Antares 110 rocket for A-ONE mission
Antares 110 rocket for A-ONE missionNASA (per [1] ) · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
First Antares rocket on Launch Pad 0A of the Wallops Flight Facility
First Antares rocket on Launch Pad 0A of the Wallops Flight FacilityBill Ingalls · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Antares Rocket Test Launch
Antares Rocket Test LaunchBill Ingalls · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Antares 230 flown?
5 times, with 5 successes and 0 failures.
What is Antares 230's success rate?
100.0%. That's 5 successful flights out of 5 attempts.
How much can Antares 230 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Antares 230 at 7,800 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Antares 230 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Antares 230 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.