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Falcon 9 Block 5

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Tuesday November 5 2024, 02:29:31 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go40%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

Launch CodexDossier

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Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Mission

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.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1083

active5th flight

Flights16

Landings16/16100%

Fastest turn23d

Recovered · RTLS · LZ-1· 15 km downrange

55d 17h since last flight

Booster first flown during the Crew-8 mission.

Previous flights · 15

Upper Stage · Cargo Dragon 2C208Cargo Dragon C208

Active

5 flights· International Space Station

C208 is the first Cargo Dragon 2 and was launched as part of the CRS-21 mission.

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Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go40%LL2 Go70%Wind2 m/sGusts4 m/sCloud37%Temp25°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

100% cloud cover in layer above freezing (14805 ft) — approximated · ≥60% layer 13422–17835 ft (4413 ft thick) — approximated · METAR reports DISTANT lightning (beyond 10 SM, outside the LCC radius): "KTTS 270255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N-NE AND S RAB01"

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+00:01:08

Max-Q

T+00:02:19

MECO

T+00:02:22

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:30

SES-1

T+00:02:36

Booster Boostback Burn Startup

T+00:03:28

Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown

T+00:06:25

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:38

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:07:26

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:07:49

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:35

SECO-1

T+00:09:25

Dragon Separation

T+00:10:08

Dragon Nosecode Open

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

WindowTuesday November 5 2024, 02:29:31 UTC→Tuesday November 5 2024, 02:29:31 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598