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Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30

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Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30

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Falcon 9 Block 5
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Thursday March 21 2024, 20:55:09 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
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Mission

30th 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.

Launch Timeline

Countdown

T-00:38:00

GO for Prop Load

T-00:35:00

Prop Load

T-00:35:00

Stage 1 LOX Load

T-00:16:00

Stage 2 LOX Load

T-00:07:00

Engine Chill

T-00:05:00

Dragon Internal Power

T-00:01:00

Startup

T-00:01:00

Tank Press

T-00:00:45

GO for Launch

T-00:00:03

Ignition

In-flight

T+00:00:00

Liftoff

T+00:00:58

Max-Q

T+00:02:19

MECO

T+00:02:22

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:29

SES-1

T+00:02:32

Booster Boostback Burn Startup

T+00:03:24

Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown

T+00:06:20

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:40

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:07:26

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:07:50

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:35

SECO-1

T+00:11:48

Dragon Separation

T+00:12:40

Dragon Nosecode Open

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
WindowThursday March 21 2024, 20:55:09 UTC→Thursday March 21 2024, 20:55:09 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon
Height70 m
Diameter3.7 m
Stages2
ReusableYes
LEO capacity22,800 kg
Track record606/607 successful
Landings593/598
Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

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Reusable Hardware

All boosters →
First Stage · Flight-provenB1080
active6th flight
Flights28
Landings28/28100%
Fastest turn13d 12h
Recovered · RTLS · LZ-1· 9 km downrange
62d 23h since last flight

Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the Axiom Space Mission 2 Crew Dragon mission.

Upper Stage · Cargo Dragon 2C209Cargo Dragon C209
Active
6 flights· International Space Station

Second Cargo Dragon 2

Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.562, -80.577
Scrub riskLOW
Go92%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go92%LL2 Go90%Wind4 m/sGusts4 m/sCloud50%Temp27°C

Limiting rule: No flight within 10 nmi of an attached thunderstorm anvil.

HRRR F+0: CAPE 1516 · upper-level wind 30 kt — anvil-producing environment, no live proximity (no satellite cloud-top at this pad)