Another cargo resupply to the ISS, and the first Dragon 2 launch from SLC-40!
Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-03-21 20:55 |
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Scheduled for (local) | 2024-03-21, 16:55 (EDT) |
Launch Window | Instantaneous |
Docking scheduled for (UTC) | |
Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida |
Payload | Dragon SpX-30 |
Booster | B1080-6 |
Landing | LZ-1 |
Dragon | C209-4 |
Customer | NASA |
Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of cargo to and from ISS |
Webcasts
Stream | Link |
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NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM4bw4XrURk |
Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN7b-erZqJ0 |
Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN0A4jMJPKQ |
NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3GKF4rjMPw |
Everyday Astronaut | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QILGZqWvE-c |
The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aepcZEM1pew |
SpaceX | https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1770912110844968982 |
The Space Devs |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 12th launch from SLC-40 this year
☑️ 10 days, 21:50:09 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 27th orbital SpaceX launch this year, 28th overall SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 39th landing on LZ-1
☑️ 21st Falcon 9 launch this year, 307th Falcon 9 launch overall
☑️ 241st consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)
☑️ 286th Falcon family booster landing, 297th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 327th SpaceX mission overall (excluding Starship hops)
☑️ 339th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship hops)
Mission Details 🚀
Link | Source |
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SpaceX mission website | SpaceX |
NASA mission website | NASA |
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1770223739936104514
Dragon 2 vertical on pad 40 for the first time
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1770547808141295767
Targeting Thursday, March 21 at 4:55 p.m. ET for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s 30th commercial resupply mission to the @Space_Station → http://spacex.com/launches
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and stage 1 boostback burn.
SECO, nominal orbital insertion. Dragon separation scheduled for ~T+12 minutes.
Dragon separation confirmed!
Strongback retract has started. LOX load finishing up. Weather and range are looking good.
Hosted webcast has started. Youmei Zhou is hosting.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters CRS Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA LOX Liquid Oxygen MECO Main Engine Cut-Off ~ MainEngineCutOff podcast SECO Second-stage Engine Cut-Off
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Liftoff!
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
Docking confirmed: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1771497316144288187
Webcast coverage:
- NASA twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1770223739936104514
- Space Devs YouTube mirror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSISzwssWd8
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