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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulResupplyFalcon 9 Block 5
Launched 2021-08-29 07:14:49 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Landed
B1061 Landed
The first stage landed on A Shortfall of Gravitas, on its 4th flight.
Worldwide
84th
orbital launch attempt in 2021
SpaceX
25th
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
8th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
86 d 13 h
since the pad's previous launch
SpaceX will launch the cargo variant of its Dragon 2 spacecraft on their 23rd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Dragon will be filled with supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
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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Upcoming
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scheduled
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Successful launch of Cargo Dragon C208 towards the International Space Station as part of CRS-23. Docking scheduled for 15:00 UTC on Monday August 30.
Nosu
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Weather 80%
Nosu
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Weather 60%
Nosu
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Launch scrubbed due to weather. Next attempt on August 29 at 07:14 UTC.
Nosu
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Weather 40%
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Launch time confirmed
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New tentative launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
70m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
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