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SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
B0004 - Atlantic Ocean

SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 in 2010 was the unmanned first spaceflight of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, the Dragon C1, which orbited the Earth, and the second overall flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9. It was also the first demonstration flight for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program for which SpaceX was selected. The primary mission objectives were to test the orbital maneuvering and reentry of the Dragon capsule.

Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: v1.0

The Falcon 9 v1.0 first stage was used on the first five Falcon 9 launches, and powered by nine SpaceX Merlin 1C rocket engines arranged in a 3x3 pattern.

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Specifications

Stages
2
Length
47.8 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Fairing Diameter
―
Launch Mass
318.0 T
Thrust
3807.0 kN

Family

Name
Falcon 9
Family
―
Variant
v1.0
Alias
―
Full Name
Falcon 9 v1.0

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$59000000
Low Earth Orbit
9300.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
3400.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

Booster Info

B0004

Type: Core
Flight Proven: No
First Flight: December 8, 2010
Last Flight: December 8, 2010

Flights: 1
Landings Attempted: 1

Landing Information

Attempted to recover the first stage by parachuting it into the ocean, but it disintegrated upon reentry, again before the parachutes were deployed.

Result: B0004 did not land successfully.

Dragon C101

In-active Cargo Unmanned Payload Capacity: 6000 kg

Destination: Low Earth Orbit

Serial Number: C101

First Dragon mission, second Falcon 9 launch. Mission tested the orbital maneuvering and reentry of the Dragon capsule. After recovery, the capsule was put on display at SpaceX's headquarters.

Dragon 1 Details

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 602 Failures: 15 Pending: 118

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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.

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Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Space Launch Complex 40

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