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Falcon 9 v1.1

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Tuesday April 14 2015, 20:10:41 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

VehicleFalcon 9 v1.1

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the eighth Dragon spacecraft on the sixth 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 · NewB1015

lost1st flight

Flights1

Landings0/10%

Fastest turn—

Landing failed · ASDS

Destroyed on impact with droneship due to excess lateral velocity - throttle stiction

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%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 v1.1

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowTuesday April 14 2015, 20:10:41 UTC→Tuesday April 14 2015, 20:10:41 UTC

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