Falcon 9 v1.0 | SpX CRS-1

Launch information

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Mission description

This was the third flight for the uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecaft and the first SpaceX mission under their Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Dragon delivered various cargo to the staion, and returned after being berthed to the station for 17 days. The spacecraft landed in the Pacific Ocean and was recovered by SpaceX.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Falcon 9 v1.0 | SpX CRS-1’.

Launch image Falcon 9 v1.0 | SpX CRS-1

Partial Failure

Status: Launch was a Partial Failure

Class: normal

Fail Reason: Dragon was placed into the correct orbit after a first stage engine failed during ascent. However, an Orbcomm secondary payload was placed into a lower than planned orbit and subsequently lost.

Launch T0: Oct. 8, 2012, 12:35 a.m.

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

SpX CRS-1 (LEO)

Launcher

SpaceX

Rocket

Falcon 9

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Type

Resupply

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Falcon 9 v1.0 | SpX CRS-1’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
38846 DRAGON CRS-1 LEO 51.65 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Decayed
38847 ORBCOMM OG2 LEO 51.65 ORBITAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE (GLOBALSTAR) Decayed

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Falcon 9 v1.0 | SpX CRS-1’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#5237

To this date

Location Launch

#692

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Pad Launch

#59

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Agency Launch

#9

To this date

Orbital Launch

#57

Year 2012

Location Launch

#9

Year 2012

Pad Launch

#2

Year 2012

Agency Launch

#2

Year 2012

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