Launch is scheduled for 17:40 UTC on 2022-02-19. Weather is forecast as 75% favourable for launch. Here is the pre-flight preview from Everyday Astronaut.
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Neither story mentions juts how much of a pickle Northrop Grumman found themselves in with Antares. Not only does the first stage of the Antares 200 use Russian NPO Energomash RD-181 engines, the stage itself is manufactured in Ukraine by Yuzhmash. So however the conflict comes out, and regardless of sanctions, a Russia-Ukraine war is lose-lose for Antares.
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So by next year, Cygnus will have flown on Antares, Atlas, and Falcon 9.
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