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This page records Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-21 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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LAUNCH SITEKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission
SpaceX will launch the first cargo variant of its Dragon 2 spacecraft on their 21st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Dragon will be filled with supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support more than 250 science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Resupply
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Spacecraft
- Cargo Dragon C208
- Destination
- International Space Station
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Programs
- Commercial Resupply Services, International Space Station
- Recovery
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, B1058 has successfully landed on ASDS OCISLY after its fourth flight. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9 Block 5
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
- Height
- 70 m
- Diameter
- 3.65 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 537
- First flight
- 2018-05-11
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Launch site & orbit
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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