Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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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.
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31
31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
Cargo Dragon C208
Serial C208
Launch Crew Count 0
Status Active
Landing Time 2024-12-17T18:39:00+0000
Falcon 9 Block 5
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8300 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 22800 kg
Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes
Launch Success 357
Consecutive Success 60
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1083
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 6
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-1
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-05T02:48:00+0000
Launch success with Dragon nose cone deployed.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-05T02:30:00+0000
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-05T01:36:00+0000
Tweaked T-0.
hitura-nobad
2024-11-03T22:00:00+0000
Weather is 70% GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-02T19:04:00+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-31T03:05:00+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-24T23:54:00+0000
NET November 5 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-17T17:54:00+0000
Delayed to November 2 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-16T02:09:00+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-03T18:43:00+0000
Changed launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-02T03:05:00+0000
NET October 30.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-19T06:15:00+0000
NET Late October.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-13T00:09:00+0000
Added approximate launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-07T00:06:14+0000
Delayed to NET mid-October to await available docking ports after delays in Starliner CFT and Dragon Crew-9.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-24T00:15:35+0000
NET September 2024. (page SO-27)
Nosu
2023-09-20T07:11:17+0000
Targeting June 2024
Programs
Commercial Resupply Services
Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The Falcon 9 and Antares rockets were also developed under the CRS program to deliver cargo spacecraft to the ISS.
International Space Station
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.
Related Events
SpaceX CRS-31 Dragon Undocking
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The SpaceX CRS-31 Dragon spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station ahead of its reentry, splashdown and recovery.
CRS-31 Dragon Docking
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Following its launch atop a Falcon 9, the CRS-31 Dragon will autonomously dock to the ISS, bringing crew supplies as well as experiments.
SpaceX CRS-31 Prelaunch News Conference
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Prelaunch media teleconference with the following participants: - Bill Spetch, operations and integration manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program - Meghan Everett, deputy chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program - Jared Metter, director, flight reliability, SpaceX
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