Image: SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 339th launch · 28th this year · humanity's 6,644th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Thick Cloud Layers Rule, Cumulus Cloud Rule
Window: Mar 21, 20:55 – Mar 21, 20:55 UTC
Flight preview
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30
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.
Resupply · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1080 · flight 6 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 1 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 3 · zone record 53/54
Watch
- NASA's SpaceX 30th Commercial Resupply Services Launch — NASA
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA space station cargo – plus booster landing at Cape — Spaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches CRS SpX-30 to the ISS — NASASpaceflight
- CRS-30 Mission — SpaceX
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
- P0DLiftoff
- 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
Updates
Launch successful
hitura-nobad · 3/21/2024 · source
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
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Mar 21, 4:55 PM EDT
394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Open in maps