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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulTest FlightFalcon 9 Block 5 · Demonstration Mission 1
Launched 2019-03-02 07:49 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Landed
B1051 Landed
The first stage landed on Of Course I Still Love You, on its 1st flight.
Worldwide
13th
orbital launch attempt in 2019
SpaceX
3rd
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
106 d 11 h
since the pad's previous launch
This is the first test flight of Crew Dragon 2 to the International Space Station marking a huge milestone towards the Commercial Crew program.
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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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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