SpaceX CRS-23

SpaceX CRS-23

On 30 August 2021, CRS-23 approaches the ISS for an autonomous docking to the Harmony module's forward international docking adapter.
Names	SpX-23
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	SpaceX
COSPAR ID	2021-078A
SATCAT no.	49117
Mission duration	32 days, 19 hours, 42 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Cargo Dragon C208
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Launch mass	6,000 kg (13,000 lb)
Payload mass	2,207 kg (4,866 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	29 August 2021, 07:14:49 UTC[1]
Rocket	Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1061.4)
Launch site	Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A
Contractor	SpaceX
End of mission
Recovered by	GO Searcher
Landing date	1 October 2021, 02:57 UTC [2]
Landing site	Atlantic Ocean
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Inclination	51.66°
Docking with International Space Station
Docking port	Harmony forward
Docking date	30 August 2021, 14:30 UTC
Undocking date	30 September 2021, 13:12 UTC
Time docked	30 days, 22 hours, 42 minutes
SpaceX CRS-23 mission patch Commercial Resupply Services ← Cygnus NG-16 SpaceX CRS-24 →   Cargo Dragon flights ← SpaceX CRS-22 SpaceX CRS-24 →

SpaceX CRS-23, also known as SpX-23, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station, successfully launched on 29 August 2021 and docking the following day.^[1] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using the Cargo Dragon C208. This was the third flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016. It was the second mission for this reusable capsule.

Along with SpaceX Crew-2 (Endeavour) and Inspiration4 (Resilience), C208 was one of three SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft in space simultaneously from 15 to 18 September 2021.