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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-21

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-21
Start: 2020-12-06T16:17:08.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

SpaceX's 114th launch · 26th this year · humanity's 6,025th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--December 6, 2020 · 16:17 UTCAdd to calendar

Success70% go

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Dec 6, 16:17 – Dec 6, 16:17 UTC

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Dragon CRS-2 SpX-21

SpaceX will launch the first cargo variant of its Dragon 2 spacecraft on their 21st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Dragon will be filled with supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support more than 250 science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.

Resupply · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Booster

B1058 · flight 4 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 12 · zone record 209/217

Watch

CRS-21 Mission — SpaceX
Watch SpaceX Launch Cargo & Supplies to the International Space Station (Official NASA Broadcast) — NASA

Updates

Nosu · 12/6/2020 · source
Nosu · 12/6/2020 · source
Nosu · 12/5/2020 · source
Remove TBD Date and TBD Time.
spacelaunchnowadmin · 12/3/2020
weather 40% go, booster recovery risk "high"
Nosu · 12/2/2020 · source
SwGustav · 11/23/2020 · source

Pad — Launch Complex 39A

Local pad time: Dec 6, 11:17 AM EST

222 launches from this pad · 281 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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