SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 SpX CRS-6

Name: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 SpX CRS-6
Start: 2015-04-14T20:10:41.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 40

Falcon 9 v1.1

Status

Success

Date

14 APR 2015

20:10

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the eighth Dragon spacecraft on the sixth operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight was conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Rocket

Falcon 9 v1.1

Mission Type

Resupply

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

Falcon 9 v1.1 is a significantly redesigned version of the its predecessor, including a higher payload capacity. This version arranges the engines in a structural form SpaceX calls an Octaweb.

Height

68.4 m

Diameter

3.65 m

Launch Mass

506 T

Thrust

5,883 kN