Falcon 9 v1.0 | SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2
Launch information
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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.
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Falcon 9 v1.0 | SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2’.
Success
Status: Launch Successful
Class: normal
Launch T0: May 22, 2012, 7:44 a.m.
Timezone: America/New_York
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 (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
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Launch statistics
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#5208
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#687
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Pad Launch
#58
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Agency Launch
#8
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Orbital Launch
#28
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Location Launch
#4
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Pad Launch
#1
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Agency Launch
#1
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