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SpaceXFalcon 9 v1.0Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)
Launched
June 4, 2010
Summary
Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.0 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 4, 2010. It was SpaceX's 6th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,059th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Falcon 9 v1.0 flight. Booster B0003 flew for the 1st time and its landing at Atlantic Ocean failed. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 243 × 284 km orbit inclined 34.5°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 v1.0 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B0003 · flight 1 · Parachute Landing at Atlantic Ocean · landing failed38/42 landed here
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Falcon 9 v1.0 flightSpaceX's 6th launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,059th orbital launch attempt27th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Dragon Qual Unit · NORAD 36595 · 2010-026 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2010-026A
- Epoch
- 2010-06-04 20:04:51 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.06552645 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0030715
- Inclination
- 34.5005°
- Ascending node
- 41.2862°
- Arg. of perigee
- 213.759°
- Mean anomaly
- 146.1185°
- 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.
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- Dragon Qual Unit · NORAD 36595 · re-entered June 27, 2010
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit was a boilerplate version of the Dragon spacecraft. After using it for ground tests to rate Dragon's shape and mass in various tests, SpaceX launched it into low Earth orbit on the maiden flight of the Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX used the launch to evaluate the aerodynamic conditions on the spacecraft and performance of the carrier rocket in a real-world launch scenario, ahead of Dragon flights for NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
56th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 1st this year · 673rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
about 5 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU) launch?
Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU) launched on June 4, 2010. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Flight 1 Mission - Highlights. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)?
Falcon 9 v1.0, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 v1.0 spec sheet
Where did Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B0003 flew for the 1st time and its landing at Atlantic Ocean failed.
What orbit did Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU) reach?
It reached a 243 × 284 km orbit inclined 34.5°.
How many satellites did Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).