Launch Thread: SpaceX Falcon 9 - CRS-21
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Fancy new cargo Dragon edition
Livestream: https://youtu.be/4xJAGFR_N-c
Launch window: Saturday December 5 11:39 AM EST / 16:39 UTC (Instantaneous)
Probability of violating weather constraints: 50% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Dragon%20CRS-21%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%205%20Dec%20Launch.pdf?ver=rledZwH_Rm_dAlLclS4Nqw%3d%3d)
Backup launch window: Sunday December 6 11:17 AM EST / 16:17 UTC
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1058.4 (prior launches: DEMO-2, ANASIS-II, Starlink-L12)
Launch pad: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’
Payload: Cargo Dragon 2 C208.1 (prior flights: N/A)
Payload mass & deployment orbit: 2,972 kg payload (6,000 kg launch mass); ~400 km @ 51.64° (ISS)
Trunk payload: https://nanoracks.com/bishop-airlock/
>Mission overview: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs-21_mision_overview_high_res_0.pdf
Docking: On Harmony module, zenith (PMA-3). Docking occurs Sunday, 11:30 AM EST
Docked period: ~30 days
>This is the first flight of the updated cargo version of Dragon, which is capable of carrying about 20 percent more volume than the previous version of Dragon and has double the amount of powered locker cargo capability. Dragon is now designed for up to five flights to and from the space station, and this cargo version of the spacecraft can stay on station more than twice as long as the previous version of Dragon.
Launch viewing guide for Florida: http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html
SpaceX twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX
Stats:
>68th booster landing
>24th Falcon 9 launch of the year (23rd orbital launch)
>101st F9 launch
>46th re-flight of a 1st stage booster
>after docking, first time two dragons will be on the ISS at the same time
>after splashdown, first time a cargo dragon will land in the Atlantic
>First CRS-2 contract flight for SpaceX
Livestream: https://youtu.be/4xJAGFR_N-c
Launch window: Saturday December 5 11:39 AM EST / 16:39 UTC (Instantaneous)
Probability of violating weather constraints: 50% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Dragon%20CRS-21%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%205%20Dec%20Launch.pdf?ver=rledZwH_Rm_dAlLclS4Nqw%3d%3d)
Backup launch window: Sunday December 6 11:17 AM EST / 16:17 UTC
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1058.4 (prior launches: DEMO-2, ANASIS-II, Starlink-L12)
Launch pad: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’
Payload: Cargo Dragon 2 C208.1 (prior flights: N/A)
Payload mass & deployment orbit: 2,972 kg payload (6,000 kg launch mass); ~400 km @ 51.64° (ISS)
Trunk payload: https://nanoracks.com/bishop-airlock/
>Mission overview: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs-21_mision_overview_high_res_0.pdf
Docking: On Harmony module, zenith (PMA-3). Docking occurs Sunday, 11:30 AM EST
Docked period: ~30 days
>This is the first flight of the updated cargo version of Dragon, which is capable of carrying about 20 percent more volume than the previous version of Dragon and has double the amount of powered locker cargo capability. Dragon is now designed for up to five flights to and from the space station, and this cargo version of the spacecraft can stay on station more than twice as long as the previous version of Dragon.
Launch viewing guide for Florida: http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html
SpaceX twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX
Stats:
>68th booster landing
>24th Falcon 9 launch of the year (23rd orbital launch)
>101st F9 launch
>46th re-flight of a 1st stage booster
>after docking, first time two dragons will be on the ISS at the same time
>after splashdown, first time a cargo dragon will land in the Atlantic
>First CRS-2 contract flight for SpaceX
