Ripley

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Ripley is an Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD), named as a homage to Sigourney Weaver's character in the Alien movies franchise, launched aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon for its inaugural flight to the International Space Station and back.

Spaceflight Record

Ripley flew on one previous launch(es).

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX-DM1 (Demonstration Mission 1)

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 2, 2019, 7:49 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

This is the first test flight of Crew Dragon 2 to the International Space Station marking a huge milestone towards the Commercial Crew program.

Low Earth Orbit #DM1 B1051 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You

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CEO: Elon Musk

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.

Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

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Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

2 days, 7 hours ago

Starlink Group 9-11

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 4B

Success

2 days, 14 hours ago

Haiyang 4-01

Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Next generation Chinese ocean salinity measurements satellite to study ocean climatic changes and its effects on ecology and biological cycles.

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Success

4 days, 15 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-69

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

4 days, 19 hours ago

Koreasat 6A

Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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