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SpX CRS-18

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Falcon 9 Block 5

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Thursday July 25 2019, 22:01:56 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 18th 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 · Flight-provenB1056

lost2nd flight

Flights4

Landings3/475%

Fastest turn62d 14h

Recovered · RTLS · LZ-1· 9 km downrange

82d 15h since last flight

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

Previous flights · 3

Upper Stage · Dragon 1C108Dragon C108

Retired

3 flights· International Space Station

This capsule flew both CRS-6, CRS-13, and CRS-18 It is the first three time flown dragon capsule. As part of CRS-6 the robotic SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, 21 May 2015. The CRS-13 mission was the first NASA to fly on a flight-proven Falcon 9. Now on display in Los Angeles, California at the California Science Center.

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Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%LL2 Go50%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 7900 m, mean 5507 m, 100% cover, freezing 5054 m · max cloud-top 7900 m above freezing 5054 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

WindowThursday July 25 2019, 22:01:56 UTC→Thursday July 25 2019, 22:01:56 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon