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SpaceXFalcon 9 v1.0Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2
Launched
May 22, 2012
Summary
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.0 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 22, 2012. It was SpaceX's 8th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,218th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Falcon 9 v1.0 flight and the 1st this year. Booster B0005 flew for the 1st time and was expended. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Dragon C2, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 302 × 380 km orbit inclined 51.7°. The spacecraft was Dragon C102 (C102). 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Booster
- B0005 · flight 1 · expendable38/42 landed here
- Mission
- Resupply · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Falcon 9 v1.0 flight · 1st this yearSpaceX's 8th launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,218th orbital launch attempt28th orbital launch attempt this year
Spacecraft
Dragon C102 (C102)
First Dragon mission with complete spacecraft, first rendezvous mission, first berthing with ISS. After recovery, the capsule was put on display at Kennedy Space Center.
- Destination: International Space Station
- Mission length: 9 days 7 hours
- Docked May 25, 2012 at Harmony nadir
The Dragon spacecraft successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean carrying scientific research and station hardware.
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Dragon C2 · NORAD 38348 · 2012-027 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2012-027A
- Epoch
- 2012-05-22 09:12:31 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.78904505 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0057963
- Inclination
- 51.6726°
- Ascending node
- 251.5418°
- Arg. of perigee
- 331.7079°
- Mean anomaly
- 31.2745°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- 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.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 2 components
- Dragon C2 · NORAD 38348
Falcon 9-003 Stage 2 · re-entered June 27, 2012
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 (COTS 2), was the second test-flight for SpaceX's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft, launched on the third flight of the company's two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The flight was performed under a funded agreement from NASA as the second Dragon demonstration mission in the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. The purpose of the COTS program is to develop and demonstrate commercial sources for cargo re-supply of the International Space Station (ISS). The Dragon C2+ spacecraft was the first American vehicle to visit the ISS since the end of the Space Shuttle program. It was also the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous and berth with another spacecraft.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
58th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 1st this year · 687th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
530 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 launch?
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 launched on May 22, 2012. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2?
Coverage: SPACEX LAUNCHES DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT TOWARDS ISS; NASA/SpaceX Launch To Station -- SpaceX Webcast. Watch the replay
What rocket launched SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2?
Falcon 9 v1.0, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 v1.0 spec sheet
Where did SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B0005 flew for the 1st time and was expended.
What orbit did SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 reach?
Dragon C2, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 302 × 380 km orbit inclined 51.7°.
Which program is SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 part of?
International Space Station. About International Space Station