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Falcon 9 Block 5

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Saturday May 4 2019, 06:48:58 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

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Mission

SpaceX launched the Dragon spacecraft on their 17th operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight was conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · NewB1056

lost1st flight

Flights4

Landings3/475%

Fastest turn62d 14h

Recovered · ASDS · OCISLY· 320 km downrange

Missed the droneship and made successful water landing; apparently scuttled at sea afterward.

Previous flights · 3

Upper Stage · Dragon 1C113Dragon C113

Retired

2 flights· International Space Station

Capsule C113 was the last new Dragon 1 spacecraft manufactured. It was used on CRS-12 and CRS-17. Now on display in Chicago, Illinois at the Museum of Science and Industry.

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Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%LL2 Go90%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud35%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through a thick (>4500 ft) cloud layer extending across the freezing level.

max-top 7850 m, mean 5547 m, 100% cover, freezing 5120 m · max cloud-top 7850 m above freezing 5120 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus

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VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowSaturday May 4 2019, 06:48:58 UTC→Saturday May 4 2019, 06:48:58 UTC

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FamilyFalcon