SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.0 SpX CRS-1

Name: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.0 SpX CRS-1
Start: 2012-10-08T00:35:07.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 40

Falcon 9 v1.0

Status

Partial Failure

Date

8 OCT 2012

00:35

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

This was the third flight for the uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecaft and the first SpaceX mission under their Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Dragon delivered various cargo to the staion, and returned after being berthed to the station for 17 days. The spacecraft landed in the Pacific Ocean and was recovered by SpaceX.

Rocket

Falcon 9 v1.0

Mission Type

Resupply

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

The Falcon 9 v1.0 first stage was used on the first five Falcon 9 launches, and powered by nine SpaceX Merlin 1C rocket engines arranged in a 3x3 pattern.

Height

47.8 m

Diameter

3.65 m

Launch Mass

318 T

Thrust

3,807 kN