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.
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 329
Consecutive Success 32
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Updates
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2024-10-24T23:54:00+0000
NET November 5 UTC.
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2024-10-17T17:54:00+0000
Delayed to November 2 UTC.
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2024-10-16T02:09:00+0000
Tweaked T-0.
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2024-10-03T18:43:00+0000
Changed launch pad.
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2024-10-02T03:05:00+0000
NET October 30.
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2024-09-19T06:15:00+0000
NET Late October.
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2024-09-13T00:09:00+0000
Added approximate launch time.
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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.
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2024-03-24T00:15:35+0000
NET September 2024. (page SO-27)
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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
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.
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