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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-29

Mission

Dragon CRS-2 SpX-29

Type:

Resupply

Orbit:

Low Earth Orbit

29th 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.

Status

Launch Successful

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Pad

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Launch Complex 39A

USA

Latitude: 28.60822681

longitude: -80.60428186

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Location

Timezone:

America/New_York

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

Location total Launch count:

273

Location total Landing count:

0

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Rocket

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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.

Family: Falcon

Variant: Block 5

Details

Min stage: 1

Max stage: 2m

Length: 70.0m

Diameter: 3.65

First Flight: May 11, 2018

Total launch count: 497

Successful launches: 496

Failed launches: 1

Pending launches: 98

Consecutive successful launches: 199

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity: 22800kg

Launch cost: US$52000000

Apogee: 200km

Attempted landings: 488

Successful landings: 483

Failed landings: 5

Consecutive successful landings: 183

Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) capacity: 8300kg

Manufacturer

SpaceX

Type:

Commercial

USA

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.

Founding year:

2002

Administrator:

CEO: Elon Musk

Launchers:

Falcon | Starship

Spacecraft:

Dragon

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Agency

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SpaceX

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.

USA

Type: Commercial

Details

Administrator:

CEO: Elon Musk

Founding year:

2002

Launchers:

Falcon | Starship

Spacecraft:

Dragon

Total launch count: 590

Successful launches: 575

Consecutive successful launches: 75

Failed launches: 15

Pending launches: 116

Successful landings: 535

Failed landings: 27

Attempted landings: 561

Consecutive successful landings: 74

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