Falcon 9 v1.0 | SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, 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.
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1
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.
Dragon C101
Serial C101
Launch Crew Count 0
Status Retired
Landing Time 2010-12-08T15:43:00+0000
Falcon 9 v1.0
Height 47.80 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 3400 kg
Liftoff Thrust 3807 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 9300 kg
Liftoff Mass 318 Tonnes
Launch Success 4
Consecutive Success 1
Maiden Flight 2010-06-04
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B0004
Status lost
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 1
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success No
Type PL
Location ATL
