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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
SpaceX's 420th launch · 109th this year · humanity's 6,793rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule, Liftoff Winds, Flight Through Precipitation
Window: Nov 5, 02:29 – Nov 5, 02:29 UTC
Flight preview
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31
31st 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
- B1083 · flight 5 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 1 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Polaris Dawn · zone record 53/54
Watch
- SpaceX Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31 — The Space Devs
- NASA’s SpaceX 31st Cargo Resupply Services Launch — NASA
- NASA's SpaceX 31st Cargo Resupply Services Launch — NASA
- CRS-31 Mission — SpaceX
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Dragon cargo ship for NASA — Spaceflight Now
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp 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+1M8SMax-Q
- T+2M19SMECO
- T+2M22SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M30SSES-1
- T+2M36SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+3M28SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+6M25SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M38SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M26SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+7M49SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M35SSECO-1
- T+9M25SDragon Separation
- T+10M8SDragon Nosecode Open
Updates
Launch success with Dragon nose cone deployed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/5/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/5/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/5/2024 · source
Weather is 70% GO for launch.
hitura-nobad · 11/3/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/2/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/31/2024 · source
NET November 5 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/24/2024 · source
Delayed to November 2 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/17/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/16/2024 · source
Changed launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/3/2024 · source
Pad — Launch Complex 39A
Local pad time: Nov 4, 9:29 PM EST
222 launches from this pad · 281 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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