Successful launch of the CRS-24 Cargo Dragon spacecraft towards the International Space Station. Docking scheduled for December 22 at 9:38 UTC.
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Historical mission record
This page records Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-24 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
Status reported by the mission data provider.
LAUNCH SITEKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission
24th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support 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 C209
- Destination
- International Space Station
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Programs
- International Space Station, Commercial Resupply Services
- Recovery
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, B1069 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its first flight, however the booster was damaged during its return to port. +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
Core
B1069
Flight 1NewLanding successful
- Recovery
- Just Read the Instructions
- Landing method
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship
Recorded timing
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SCHEDULED MOMENT
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Launch site & orbit
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Launch site & orbit
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