Falcon 9 Block 5 | Polaris Dawn

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Polaris Dawn

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.

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Polaris Dawn

First mission of the privately funded Polaris program. The goal of this mission, lasting up to five days in orbit, is to fly higher than previous Dragon missions, perform the first-ever commercial EVA with SpaceX-designed spacesuits, orbit through portions of the Van Allen radiation belt, conduct medical research, and test laser-based Starlink communications in space.

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Crew Dragon Resilience


Serial C207

Launch Crew Count 4

Status Active

Landing Time 2024-09-15T07:36:54+0000


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Crew

Jared Isaacman

Commander

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1983-02-11

Status Active

Type Private


Scott Poteet

Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1970-01-01

Status In-Training

Type Private


Anna Menon

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth

Status In-Training

Type Private


Sarah Gillis

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1990-01-01

Status In-Training

Type Private


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 322

Consecutive Success 25

Maiden Flight 2018-05-11

Launch Failures 1


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Core


Serial B1083

Status active

Flight Proven Yes

Flights 4


Landing Attempt Yes

Landing Success Yes

Type ASDS

Location JRTI


Updates

Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-10T09:41:00+0000

Launch success.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-10T09:24:00+0000

Liftoff.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-10T08:26:00+0000

Updated launch weather predictions.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-10T08:07:00+0000

Updated launch weather predictions.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-10T06:57:00+0000

New T-0 due to weather.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-10T04:31:00+0000

Tweaked T-0.

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LL2

2024-09-10T04:01:00+0000

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-10T03:20:00+0000

GO for launch.

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Nosu

2024-09-09T16:21:00+0000

Weather is 40% favorable for launch.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-08T15:54:00+0000

NET September 10 per marine navigation warnings.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-05T18:43:00+0000

NET September 9 per marine navigation warnings.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-04T18:38:00+0000

NET September 7.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-03T13:31:39+0000

NET September 6 per NOTAMs B0713/24.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-08-31T09:23:14+0000

NET September 4.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-08-30T01:45:14+0000

Launch delayed pending favourable nominal mission splashdown weather conditions.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-08-29T14:23:50+0000

NET August 31 per NOTAMs.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-08-28T02:13:58+0000

NET August 30 due to unfavorable weather at Dragon abort/nominal landing sites.

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hitura-nobad

2024-08-27T07:26:34+0000

Weather is 85% favorable for launch.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-08-27T00:33:25+0000

24 hours slip due to ground equipment helium leakage.

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Nosu

2024-08-26T08:01:27+0000

Weather 80%

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-08-23T00:47:45+0000

Tweaked launch window.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-08-21T23:37:42+0000

GO for launch.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-08-19T17:00:55+0000

GO for launch.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-08-16T06:03:23+0000

Tweaked launch window.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-08-10T01:29:19+0000

Adding tentative launch window.

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hitura-nobad

2024-08-07T19:05:18+0000

Targeting August 26th

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-07-24T03:11:55+0000

NET August.

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Nosu

2024-07-12T14:47:55+0000

Reverting to TBD July pending completion of the investigation into the Starlink Group 9-3 second engine failure

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-07-09T04:52:34+0000

Switch in launch pad.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-07-03T17:02:29+0000

NET July 31.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-06-22T19:19:53+0000

NET mid-July.

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Nosu

2024-06-07T23:15:08+0000

NET July 12

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-05-09T23:51:54+0000

NET 2nd half of June.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-02-08T23:56:31+0000

NET summer 2024.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-12-09T17:32:27+0000

NET April 2024.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-09-14T13:23:03+0000

NET Q1 2024.

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Jay

2023-07-03T01:04:25+0000

NET Q4 2023

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-07T03:29:14+0000

NET late summer 2023.

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Jay

2022-09-20T16:17:38+0000

NET March 2023

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Nosu

2022-08-02T17:08:51+0000

NET December 2022

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Cosmic_Penguin

2022-02-14T16:28:17+0000

NET November

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Nosu

2022-02-14T13:31:14+0000

Adding Polaris Dawn, the first mission of the privately-funded Polaris program.

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Programs

Polaris

The Polaris program is a private spaceflight program organized by entrepreneur Jared Isaacman.

Related Events

Polaris Dawn Crew Dragon Splashdown

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The Crew Dragon for Polaris Dawn will splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, bringing its crew back to Earth after spending 5 days in orbit.

Polaris Dawn Spacewalk

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At approximately 700 kilometers above the Earth, the crew will attempt the first-ever commercial extravehicular activity (EVA) with SpaceX-designed extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits, upgraded from the current intravehicular (IVA) suit. Building a base on the Moon and a city on Mars will require thousands of spacesuits; the development of this suit and the execution of the EVA will be important steps toward a scalable design for spacesuits on future long-duration missions.

Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 Static Fire Test

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SpaceX will perform a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket at launch pad 39A ahead of the launch of Polaris Dawn.

Polaris Dawn Mission Overview Briefing

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The Polaris Dawn crew and SpaceX will hold a mission overview briefing live from Florida on X.

Polaris Dawn EVA-Suit Announcment and Discussion

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The Crew of Polaris Dawn will discuss the EVA Spacesuit.

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2024-09-15T08:52:59+0000

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2024-09-15T08:22:00+0000

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2024-08-27T20:27:46+0000

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2024-08-25T00:36:36+0000

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2024-08-23T11:00:16+0000

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2023-12-11T12:08:41+0000

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