Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31
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Launch Window
Nov. 5, 2024, 2:29 a.m. - Nov. 5, 2024, 2:29 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Nov. 5, 2024, 2:29 a.m. - Nov. 5, 2024, 2:29 a.m.
31st 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.
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Launch success with Dragon nose cone deployed.
Liftoff.
Tweaked T-0.
Weather is 70% GO for launch.
Tweaked T-0.
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.
See DetailsThe Falcon 9 first stage B1083 has landed back at the launch site after its 5th flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.C208 is the first Cargo Dragon 2 and was launched as part of the CRS-21 mission.
Cargo Dragon 2 DetailsSpace 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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