Falcon 9 v1.0 | Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)
SpaceX · Falcon 9 v1.0 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 6th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 5,059th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jun 4, 18:45 – Jun 4, 18:45 UTC
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Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)
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.
Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B0003 · flight 1 · Parachute Landing @ Atlantic Ocean · landing failed · zone record 38/42
