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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Inspiration4
Launched
September 16, 2021
Summary
Inspiration4 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on September 16, 2021. It was SpaceX's 144th launch, 27th this year and humanity's 6,128th orbital launch attempt. It was the 70th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 23rd this year. Booster B1062 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Inspiration4, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 577 × 587 km orbit inclined 51.6°. 4 crew members flew: Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor and Chris Sembroski. The spacecraft was Crew Dragon Resilience (C207). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Inspiration 4The Space Devs
- Inspiration4 | LaunchSpaceX
- Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space Live Launch | NetflixNetflix
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1062 · flight 3 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 90 days after its previous flight, GPS III SV05 · 544 km downrange
- Mission
- Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 70th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 23rd this yearSpaceX's 144th launch27th this yearhumanity's 6,128th orbital launch attempt91st orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Jared IsaacmanCommander · SpX · age 38 · first flight
Hayley ArceneauxFlight Surgeon · SpX · age 29 · first flight
Sian ProctorPilot · SpX · age 51 · first flight
Chris SembroskiMission Specialist · SpX · age 42 · first flight
Spacecraft
Crew Dragon Resilience (C207)
Crew Dragon Resilience was used for the Crew-1 mission.
- Destination: Low Earth Orbit
- Mission length: 3 days 23 hours
The Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean carrying 4 passengers.
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Inspiration4 · NORAD 49220 · 2021-084 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-084A
- Epoch
- 2021-09-16 03:35:21 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.97529877 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000701
- Inclination
- 51.644°
- Ascending node
- 250.3477°
- Arg. of perigee
- 327.7076°
- Mean anomaly
- 139.7375°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- 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. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 component; none still in orbit
- Inspiration4 · NORAD 49220 · landed September 18, 2021
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Inspiration4 is the world’s first all-commercial astronaut mission to orbit. Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, is donating the three seats alongside him aboard Dragon to individuals from the general public - Medical Officer Hayley Arceneaux, a physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and pediatric cancer survivor; Mission Specialist Chris Sembroski, an Air Force veteran and aerospace data engineer; and Mission Pilot Dr. Sian Proctor, a geoscientist, entrepreneur, and trained pilot. The Inspiration4 crew received commercial astronaut training by SpaceX on the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft, orbital mechanics, operating in microgravity, zero gravity, and other forms of stress testing. They will go through emergency preparedness training, spacesuit and spacecraft ingress and egress exercises, as well as partial and full mission simulations. The Crew Dragon spacecraft will remain in a 575 km high orbit for three days before reentering Earth's atmosphere for a soft water landing off the coast of Florida. During their multi-day journey in orbit, the Inspiration4 crew will conduct scientific research designed to advance human health on Earth and during future long-duration spaceflights. For this mission, Crew Dragon is configured to feature an observation dome in place of docking port to provide views to the crew.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
134th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 9th this year · 191st from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
17 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
New launch window and weather predictions.
Questions
When did Inspiration4 launch?
Inspiration4 launched on September 16, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Inspiration4?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Inspiration 4; Inspiration4 | Launch; Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space Live Launch | Netflix. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Inspiration4?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Inspiration4 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1062 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Inspiration4 reach?
Inspiration4, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 577 × 587 km orbit inclined 51.6°.