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SpaceX is targeting a late morning launch of its tenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-10) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launc...

SpX CRS-10

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Resupply

Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Probability: 50%
B1031 - Landing Zone 1

SpaceX launched the Dragon spacecraft on their tenth operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight was conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Full Thrust

The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.

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Specifications

Stages
2
Length
71.0 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
546.0 T
Thrust
6804.0 kN

Family

Name
Falcon 9
Family
―
Variant
Full Thrust
Alias
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Full Name
Falcon 9 Full Thrust

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$50000000
Low Earth Orbit
22800.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
8305.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Booster Info

B1031

Status: Retired

Type: Core
Flight Proven: No
First Flight: February 19, 2017
Last Flight: October 11, 2017

Flights: 2
Landings Attempted: 2
Landings Successful: 2

Landing Information

The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket landed at LZ-1.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.

Dragon C112

In-active Cargo Unmanned Payload Capacity: 6000 kg

Destination: International Space Station

Serial Number: C112

The C112 capsule was flown on CRS-10, CRS-16 and CRS-20. On CRS-10 the capsule lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center from pad 39A. This was the first flight from this pad since STS-135 left the pad in mid-2011. The vehicle experienced some software issues meaning its berthing was delayed for a day. Now on display in Waco, Texas at the Bledsoe-Miller STEAM Center.

Dragon 1 Details

SpaceX

(SpX)

CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 633 Failures: 15 Pending: 124

Agency Type:

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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