SpaceX CRS-17

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SpaceX CRS-17
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The SpaceX CRS-17 Dragon approaching to the ISS for RMS capture.
Mission type ISS resupply
Operator SpaceX
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Dragon C113.2
Spacecraft type Dragon CRS
Manufacturer SpaceX
Dry mass 4,200 kg (9,300 lb)
Payload mass 2482 kg
Dimensions Height: 6.1 m (20 ft)
Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft)
Start of mission
Launch date 4 May 2019, 06:48 UTC[1]
Rocket Falcon 9
Launch site Cape Canaveral, SLC-40
Contractor SpaceX
End of mission
Disposal Recovered
Landing date 3 June 2019, 21:10 (2019-06-03UTC21:11) UTC[2]
Landing site Pacific Ocean,
off Baja California
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6°
Berthing at ISS
Berthing port Harmony nadir
RMS capture 6 May 2019, 11:04 UTC[3]
Berthing date 6 May 2019, 13:33 UTC
Unberthing date 3 June 2019
RMS release 3 June 2019, 16:01 UTC[4]
Time berthed 27 days
NASA SpX-17 mission patch
NASA SpX-17 mission patch
Commercial Resupply Services
← Cygnus NG-11 SpaceX CRS-18

SpaceX CRS-17, also known as SpX-17, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission (CRS) to the International Space Station that was launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on 4 May 2019.[5] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX.

Launch schedule history

In February 2016, it was announced that NASA had awarded a contract extension to SpaceX for five CRS additional missions (CRS-16 to CRS-20).[6] As of June 2016, a NASA Inspector General report had this mission manifested for October 2018,[7] but by January 2019 this had been pushed back to April 2019.[8]

Due to Dragon 2 test anomaly on 20 April 2019, SpaceX needed to acquire a permit to allow landing to drone ship, "Of Course I Still Love You". It was stationed just 28 kilometres (17 mi) downrange "to ensure the integrity of the area and preserve valuable information".[9][10]

Primary payload

Total weight of the cargo of CRS-17 mission is 2,482 kg (5,472 lb), consisting of 1,517 kg (3,344 lb) in pressurized section and 965 kg in unpressurized section.[11]

Cargo in unpressurized section include the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3 (OCO-3) and STP-H6.[11]

See also

References

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