Polaris Dawn

Polaris Dawn
Mission typePrivate spaceflight
OperatorSpaceX
Websitepolarisprogram.com/dawn
Mission duration5 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCrew Dragon Resilience
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
Crew
Crew size4
MembersJared Isaacman
Scott Poteet
Sarah Gillis
Anna Menon
Start of mission
Launch dateNET mid-2024 (planned)
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5
(B1083.4)
Launch siteKennedy Space Center, LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX
Orbital parameters
Periapsis altitude190 km (120 mi)
Apoapsis altitude1,400 km (870 mi) (initially)
750 km (470 mi) (later)[1]
Inclination51.6°

Mission Patch

Isaacman, Poteet, Gillis, and Menon 

Polaris Dawn is a planned private human spaceflight mission, operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman,[2][3] scheduled to launch no earlier than mid-2024.[4] The flight will be using a Crew Dragon capsule, and is the first of three planned missions in the Polaris program.[5]

  1. ^ "Scott Poteet Discusses Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn Missions (Part 2)". May 9, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Clark, Stephen (14 February 2022). "Billionaire plans three more flights with SpaceX, culminating in Starship mission". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Jared Isaacman, who led the first all-private astronaut mission to orbit, has commissioned 3 more flights from SpaceX". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference sn20240210 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Sheetz, Michael (2022-02-14). "Billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman buys more private SpaceX flights, including one on Starship". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-02-18.

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