Third of four of Cygnus launches on Falcon 9.
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-09-14, 22:11 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2025-09-14, 18:11 (EDT) |
| Mission | CRS NG-23 |
| Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA |
| Booster | B1094-4 |
| Landing | LZ-2 |
| Payload spacecraft | Cygnus |
| Customer | Northrop Grumman / NASA |
| Mission success criteria | Successful launch and docking to the ISS |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uypdu6MhfM |
| NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtuFHjmwIsA |
| NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPR5PvVtV38 |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pv_dveKom4 |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTm27F5ItoQ |
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1967344852754121022 |
| The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqdPTuc-oyY |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 54th launch from SLC-40 this year
☑️ 2 days, 20:15:48 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 14th landing on LZ-2
☑️ 44 days, 6:28:06 turnaround for B1094
☑️ 510th Falcon family booster landing, 522nd Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 120th Falcon 9 mission of 2025, 534th overall
☑️ 120th SpaceX mission of 2025, 560th overall (excluding Starship hops)
☑️ 120th SpaceX launch of 2025, 569th overall (including Starship hops)
Mission info
Cygnus NG-23 (Northrop Grumman-23) is a cargo resupply mission of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA.
Northrop Grumman and NASA jointly developed a new space transportation system to provide commercial cargo resupply services to the International Space Station. The Cygnus cargo ship consists of two parts, a service module built in the USA based on the GEOStar platform, and a pressurized module, manufactured in France and Italy by Thales Alenia. The cargo is sent into orbit by a launcher specially developed for this purpose.
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Sweet! This community is more popular than it’s ever been, due to free publicity. That’s almost but not quite as cool as Cygnus providing a cargo toting alternative, because “two is one and one is none”. To Maaars! Let’s not bother with unpacking a Burger King.
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#Falcon9 fairing halves of CRS NG-23
SpaceX and NASA webcasts have started. Tyler Lionquist and Sandra Jones are hosting.
Propellant loading is under way on Falcon 9.
NASASpaceflight webcast is live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPR5PvVtV38
Cygnus separation confirmed.
Fresh fruit incoming.
M-vac shutdown, nominal orbit insertion.
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, stage 1 boostback burn, and fairing separation.
Liftoff!
Strongback retract in progress.
