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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Crew-7
Launched
August 26, 2023 · 07:27 UTC
Summary
Crew-7 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on August 26, 2023 at 07:27 UTC. It was SpaceX's 272nd launch, 59th this year and humanity's 6,503rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 193rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 55th this year. Booster B1081 flew for the 1st time and landed at Landing Zone 1. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Dragon Endurance (Crew-7), one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 195 × 214 km orbit inclined 51.6°. 4 crew members flew: Satoshi Furukawa, Andreas Mogensen, Jasmin Moghbeli and Konstantin Borisov. The spacecraft was Crew Dragon Endurance (C210). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Booster
- B1081 · flight 1 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 1 · landed53/54 landed here · 15 km downrange
- Mission
- Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for ESA, JAXA, NASA, RFSA
- Milestone
- 193rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 55th this yearSpaceX's 272nd launch59th this yearhumanity's 6,503rd orbital launch attempt135th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Satoshi FurukawaMission Specialist · JAXA · age 59 · 2nd flight
Andreas MogensenPilot · ESA · age 46 · 2nd flight
Jasmin MoghbeliCommander · NASA · age 40 · first flight
Konstantin BorisovMission Specialist · RFSA · age 39 · first flight
Spacecraft
Crew Dragon Endurance (C210)
Crew Dragon spacecraft used for the Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station.
- Destination: International Space Station
- Mission length: 199 days
- Docked August 27, 2023 at Harmony zenith
The Crew Dragon spacecraft did splash down in the Atlantic Ocean carrying 4 astronauts back from the International Space Station.
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Dragon Endurance (Crew-7) · NORAD 57697 · 2023-128 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-128A
- Epoch
- 2023-08-26 07:51:20 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.28147845 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.001456
- Inclination
- 51.636°
- Ascending node
- 341.5502°
- Arg. of perigee
- 335.8062°
- Mean anomaly
- 134.8383°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 component
- Dragon Endurance (Crew-7) · NORAD 57697 · docked August 27, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SpaceX Crew-7 is the seventh crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
164th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 9th this year · 222nd from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 26, 3:27 AM EDT, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
28 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful launch of Crew Dragon Endurance and the Crew-7 astronauts towards the International Space Station.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 8/26/2023 · source
T-0 Accurate to the second.
hitura-nobad · 8/26/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 8/26/2023 · source
24 hours slip.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/25/2023 · source
Weather 85%
Nosu · 8/22/2023 · source
Added seconds to T-0
hitura-nobad · 8/20/2023 · source
Delayed to August 25 for additional pad reconfiguration time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/3/2023 · source
Now targeting 09:23 UTC on August 21
Nosu · 8/1/2023 · source
Refined T-0
hitura-nobad · 7/25/2023 · source
Questions
When did Crew-7 launch?
Crew-7 launched on August 26, 2023 at 07:27 UTC.
Where can I watch Crew-7?
Coverage: Crew-7 Mission | Launch; NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch (Official NASA Broadcast in 4K). Watch the replay
What rocket launched Crew-7?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Crew-7 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Aug 26, 3:27 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1081 flew for the 1st time and landed at Landing Zone 1.
What orbit did Crew-7 reach?
Dragon Endurance (Crew-7), one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 195 × 214 km orbit inclined 51.6°.
Which program is Crew-7 part of?
Commercial Crew Program and International Space Station. About Commercial Crew Program