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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulBooster landing failedFalcon 9 v1.0
Launched 2010-12-08 15:43 UTCSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Booster landing failed
Landing failed at Atlantic Ocean
B0004, 1st flight
Worldwide
69th
orbital launch attempt in 2010
SpaceX
2nd
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 40
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
186 d 20 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
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.
Launches
742
Successful
727
98%
Landings
687
of 715
Upcoming
136
scheduled
Height
47.8m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
9,300kg
Liftoff thrust
3,807kN
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