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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulTest FlightFalcon 9 Block 5
Launched 2020-01-19 15:30 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Suborbital
SpaceX
2nd
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
208 d 9 h
since the pad's previous launch
When the Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket reaches Max-Q (maximum dynamic forces), the launch abort system of the Crew Dragon spacecraft will be triggered. This will fire up its SuperDraco engines and propel the spacecraft and its theoretical passengers away from the launch vehicle before landing back safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
The goal of this test is to demonstrate the capacity of the spacecraft to ensure a safe return to the ground for the astronauts in the event of a launch vehicle failure.
The booster for this launch will be B1046, a thrice-flown core which was the first of the Block 5 generation. It will not attempt to land and is expected to be destroyed by the SuperDracos and aerodynamic loads.
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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Landings
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of 715
Upcoming
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scheduled
Height
70m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
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