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SpaceXFalcon 9 Full ThrustSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpX CRS-8
Launched
April 8, 2016
Summary
SpX CRS-8 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 8, 2016. It was SpaceX's 28th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 5,553rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Falcon 9 Full Thrust flight and the 2nd this year. Booster B1021 flew for the 1st time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Dragon CRS-8, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 217 × 361 km orbit inclined 51.7°. The spacecraft was Dragon C110 (C110). 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- SpaceX Mission Launches to Re-supply the ISSNASA
- SpaceX CRS-8 Lifts Off from Cape CanaveralNASA's Kennedy Space Center
- CRS-8 Dragon Hosted WebcastSpaceX
- Booster
- B1021 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here
- Mission
- Resupply · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Falcon 9 Full Thrust flight · 2nd this yearSpaceX's 28th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 5,553rd orbital launch attempt24th orbital launch attempt this year
Spacecraft
Dragon C110 (C110)
This capsule was used on both CRS-8 and CRS-14. On CRS-8 this vehicle delivered the Bigelow BEAM module in its unpressurized cargo trunk. It was also used to carry Scott Kellys biological samples back to Earth.
- Destination: International Space Station
- Mission length: 32 days
- Docked April 10, 2016 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 CRS-8 · NORAD 41452 · 2016-024 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2016-024A
- Epoch
- 2016-04-08 21:07:36 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.9741849 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0108437
- Inclination
- 51.6569°
- Ascending node
- 43.9641°
- Arg. of perigee
- 44.2256°
- Mean anomaly
- 64.0651°
- 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
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 components
- Dragon CRS-8 · NORAD 41452
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SpaceX launched the Dragon spacecraft on their eighth operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. Among the cargo was the Bigelow Aerospace’s BEAM module, which was attached to the station and will stay so for 2 years. BEAM is an expandable habitat module that will undergo tests to determine its worthiness during the stay. The flight was conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 2nd this year · 740th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
34 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did SpX CRS-8 launch?
SpX CRS-8 launched on April 8, 2016. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SpX CRS-8?
Coverage: SpaceX Mission Launches to Re-supply the ISS; SpaceX CRS-8 Lifts Off from Cape Canaveral; CRS-8 Dragon Hosted Webcast. Watch the replay
What rocket launched SpX CRS-8?
Falcon 9 Full Thrust, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Full Thrust spec sheet
Where did SpX CRS-8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1021 flew for the 1st time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did SpX CRS-8 reach?
Dragon CRS-8, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 217 × 361 km orbit inclined 51.7°.
Which program is SpX CRS-8 part of?
Commercial Resupply Services and International Space Station. About Commercial Resupply Services