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| Mission name | Orion 2 | ||||
| Launch pad | Launch Pad 39B | ||||
| Launch date | March 2014 | ||||
| Landing | TBC | ||||
| Mission duration | ~14 days | ||||
| Orbital altitude | 122 nautical miles (225 km) | ||||
| Orbital inclination | 51. The Orion 1 Space Observatory and Orion 2 Space Observatory were space observatories installed in spacecraft launched by the space program of the Soviet In Physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of one object around a point or another body for example the gravitational orbit of a planet around a star Inclination in general is the Angle between a Reference plane and another plane or axis of direction 6 degrees | ||||
| Distance traveled | TBD | ||||
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Orion 2 is the first planned manned test flight of both the new Orion spacecraft and the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle. Orion 1 is the first planned unmanned test launch of both the new Orion spacecraft and the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle Orion 3 is the second planned manned test flight of the new Orion spacecraft. Ares I is the crew Launch vehicle being developed by NASA as a component of Project Constellation. [1][2] Set for a March 2014 launch, and crewed by two pilot-astronauts, Orion 2 will become the first piloted NASA spacecraft since the retirement of the Space Shuttle to perform a rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station. NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System ( STS) is the Spacecraft currently used by the United States
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