flown missionSuccess
Falcon 9 v1.0 | SpX CRS-2
SpaceXSpace Launch Complex 40 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- SpX CRS-2
- Type
- Resupply
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
This was the fourth flight for SpaceX's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft, the fifth and final flight for the company's two-stage Falcon 9 v1.0 launch vehicle, and the second SpaceX operational mission contracted to NASA under a Commercial Resupply Services contract. The launch occurred on March 1, 2013. A minor technical issue on the Dragon spacecraft involving the RCS thruster pods occurred upon reaching orbit, but it was recoverable. The vehicle was released, splashed down, and recovered by SpaceX.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 v1.0
- Family
- Falcon
- Variant
- v1.0
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
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launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.5619, -80.5774