SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30
Launched
March 21, 2024 · 20:55 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 21, 2024 at 20:55 UTC. It was SpaceX's 339th launch, 28th this year and humanity's 6,644th orbital launch attempt. It was the 256th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 27th this year. Booster B1080 flew for the 6th time and landed at Landing Zone 1. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Dragon CRS-30, one of 12 catalogued objects, reached a 200 × 218 km orbit inclined 51.7°. The spacecraft was Cargo Dragon C209 (C209). 12 objects from this launch are catalogued, 11 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Booster
- B1080 · flight 6 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 1 · landed53/54 landed here · 62 days after its previous flight, Axiom Space Mission 3 · 9 km downrange
- Mission
- Resupply · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for NASA
- Milestone
- 256th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 27th this yearSpaceX's 339th launch28th this yearhumanity's 6,644th orbital launch attempt55th orbital launch attempt this year
Spacecraft
Cargo Dragon C209 (C209)
Second Cargo Dragon 2
- Destination: International Space Station
- Mission length: 39 days
- Docked March 23, 2024 at Harmony zenith
Splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Dragon CRS-30 · NORAD 59287 · 2024-054 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 12 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-054A
- Epoch
- 2024-03-21 21:18:36 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.26432514 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0013759
- Inclination
- 51.6511°
- Ascending node
- 28.9165°
- Arg. of perigee
- 13.8556°
- Mean anomaly
- 96.4714°
- 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.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−5MDragon Internal Power
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+58SMax-Q
- T+2M19SMECO
- T+2M22SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M29SSES-1
- T+2M32SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+3M24SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+6M20SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M40SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M26SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+7M50SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M35SSECO-1
- T+11M48SDragon Separation
- T+12M40SDragon Nosecode Open
Catalogued objects
12 catalogued: 11 payloads, 1 component
- Dragon CRS-30 · NORAD 59287 · docked March 23, 2024
- MicroOrbiter-1 · NORAD 59483 · re-entered August 20, 2024
- CURTIS · NORAD 59507 · re-entered September 17, 2024
- Kashiwa · NORAD 59508 · re-entered August 11, 2024
- BurstCube · NORAD 59562 · re-entered September 17, 2024
- SNoOPI · NORAD 59563 · re-entered September 28, 2024
- Killick-1 · re-entered September 17, 2024
- QMSAT · re-entered August 1, 2024
- HyTI · re-entered December 17, 2024
- VIOLET · re-entered August 29, 2024
- Big Red Sat 1 · re-entered August 29, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
30th 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.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
230th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 12th this year · 940th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 21, 4:55 PM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
10 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch successful
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 3/21/2024 · source
Official Webcast by NASA has started
LL2 · 3/21/2024 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 3/20/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/16/2024 · source
Tweaked launch time
Nosu · 3/15/2024 · source
Added new tentative launch date & time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/9/2024 · source
Delayed to March TBD 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/4/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/26/2024 · source
Moved to SLC-40 for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/26/2024 · source
Questions
When did Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30 launch?
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30 launched on March 21, 2024 at 20:55 UTC.
Where can I watch Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30?
Coverage: NASA's SpaceX 30th Commercial Resupply Services Launch; Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA space station cargo – plus booster landing at Cape; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches CRS SpX-30 to the ISS. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 21, 4:55 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1080 flew for the 6th time and landed at Landing Zone 1.
What orbit did Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30 reach?
Dragon CRS-30, one of 12 catalogued objects, reached a 200 × 218 km orbit inclined 51.7°.
How many satellites did Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30 launch?
11 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30 part of?
Commercial Resupply Services and International Space Station. About Commercial Resupply Services