Boe-OFT

Boe-OFT
Operator Boeing
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Starliner
Manufacturer Boeing
Crew
Crew size 0
Members N/A
Start of mission
Launch date March 2019[1]
Rocket Atlas V N22
Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-41
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6 degrees
Docking with ISS
Time docked 8 days

Boe-OFT (Boeing Orbital Flight Test) is the first orbital mission of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner. It is an uncrewed flight test.

Mission

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V N22 rocket, designated AV-080, will launch the first CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on an unpiloted Orbital Test Flight (OFT) to the International Space Station. The capsule will dock with the space station, then return to Earth to land in the Western United States after an orbital shakedown cruise ahead of Boe-CFT.

See also

Notes

  1. "NASA's Commercial Crew Program Target Test Flight Dates". October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.


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