SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
SpX-DM1 (Demonstration Mission 1)
Launched
March 2, 2019
Image: SpaceX
Summary
SpaceX DM-1 (Demonstration Mission 1) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on March 2, 2019. It was SpaceX's 76th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 5,833rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 13th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 3rd this year. Booster B1051 flew for the 1st time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Crew Dragon, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 201 × 365 km orbit inclined 51.6°. 2 crew members flew: Little Earth and Ripley. The spacecraft was Crew Dragon C204 (C204). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Watch Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX-DM1 full launch recap!Space Launch Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon Onboard Launches on Demo-1NASA's Kennedy Space Center
- Crew Demo-1 | LaunchSpaceX
- Booster
- B1051 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 13th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 3rd this yearSpaceX's 76th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 5,833rd orbital launch attempt13th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Little EarthZero-G Indicator · SpX · first flight
RipleyAnthropomorphic Test Device · SpX · first flight
Spacecraft
Crew Dragon C204 (C204)
Crew Dragon C204 is the Crew Dragon spacecraft launched on the SpaceX DM-1 demonstration mission to the ISS. It was destroyed during an anomaly during testing in April 2019.
- Destination: International Space Station
- Mission length: 6 days 5 hours
- Docked March 3, 2019 at Harmony forward
Crew Dragon C204 successfully splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean with its 2 passengers, Anthropomorphic Test Device "Ripley", and Zero-G indicator Little Earth. The capsule was recovered by recovery vessel Go Searcher (now known as Megan)
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Crew Dragon · NORAD 44063 · 2019-011 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2019-011A
- Epoch
- 2019-03-02 07:45:52 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.99554646 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0122953
- Inclination
- 51.6423°
- Ascending node
- 172.8226°
- Arg. of perigee
- 45.6251°
- Mean anomaly
- 315.4951°
- 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. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 component
- Crew Dragon · NORAD 44063 · docked March 3, 2019
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
This is the first test flight of Crew Dragon 2 to the International Space Station marking a huge milestone towards the Commercial Crew program.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
112th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 1st this year · 169th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
106 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did SpaceX DM-1 (Demonstration Mission 1) launch?
SpaceX DM-1 (Demonstration Mission 1) launched on March 2, 2019. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SpaceX DM-1 (Demonstration Mission 1)?
Coverage: Watch Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX-DM1 full launch recap!; SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon Onboard Launches on Demo-1; Crew Demo-1 | Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched SpaceX DM-1 (Demonstration Mission 1)?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did SpaceX DM-1 (Demonstration Mission 1) launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1051 flew for the 1st time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did SpaceX DM-1 (Demonstration Mission 1) reach?
Crew Dragon, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 201 × 365 km orbit inclined 51.6°.
Which program is SpaceX DM-1 (Demonstration Mission 1) part of?
Commercial Crew Program and International Space Station. About Commercial Crew Program