Falcon 9 v1.0 | Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)

Launch information

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Mission description

The Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit was a boilerplate version of the Dragon spacecraft. After using it for ground tests to rate Dragon's shape and mass in various tests, SpaceX launched it into low Earth orbit on the maiden flight of the Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX used the launch to evaluate the aerodynamic conditions on the spacecraft and performance of the carrier rocket in a real-world launch scenario, ahead of Dragon flights for NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Falcon 9 v1.0 | Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)’.

Launch image Falcon 9 v1.0 | Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: June 4, 2010, 6:45 p.m.

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

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

Mission

Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU) (LEO)

Launcher

SpaceX

Rocket

Falcon 9

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Falcon 9 v1.0 | Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)’ 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
36595 DRAGON/FALCON 9 LEO 34.48 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Decayed

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Falcon 9 v1.0 | Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#5049

To this date

Location Launch

#673

To this date

Pad Launch

#56

To this date

Agency Launch

#6

To this date

Orbital Launch

#27

Year 2010

Location Launch

#5

Year 2010

Pad Launch

#1

Year 2010

Agency Launch

#1

Year 2010

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