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SpaceXMixed resultResupplyFalcon 9 v1.0
Launched 2012-10-08 00:35:07 UTCSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dragon was placed into the correct orbit after a first stage engine failed during ascent. However, an Orbcomm secondary payload was placed into a lower than planned orbit and subsequently lost.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Partial failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
Falcon 9 v1.0 lifted off with SpX CRS-1, but the launch was only a partial success.
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This was the third flight for the uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecaft and the first SpaceX mission under their Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Dragon delivered various cargo to the staion, and returned after being berthed to the station for 17 days. The spacecraft landed in the Pacific Ocean and was recovered by SpaceX.
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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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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