SpaceX CRS-15

SpaceX CRS-15
Dragon spacecraft on approach to ISS
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorSpaceX
COSPAR ID2018-055A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.43522Edit this on Wikidata
Mission durationPlanned: 1 month
Final: 35 days, 12 hours, 35 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftDragon C111.2
Spacecraft typeCRS Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Dry mass4,200 kg (9,300 lb)
DimensionsHeight: 6.1 m (20 ft)
Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft)
Start of mission
Launch date29 June 2018, 09:42 (2018-06-29UTC09:42) UTC[1]
RocketFalcon 9 FT
Launch siteCape Canaveral SLC-40
ContractorSpaceX
End of mission
DisposalRecovered
Landing date3 August 2018, 22:17 (2018-08-03UTC22:18) UTC[2]
Landing sitePacific Ocean,
off Baja California
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.6°
Berthing at ISS
Berthing portHarmony nadir
RMS capture2 July 2018, 10:54 UTC[3]
Berthing date2 July 2018, 13:50 UTC[3]
Unberthing date3 August 2018
RMS release3 August 2018, 16:38 UTC[2]
Time berthed31 days
Cargo
Mass2,697 kg (5,946 lb)
Pressurised1,712 kg (3,774 lb)
Unpressurised985 kg (2,172 lb)

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SpaceX CRS-15, also known as SpX-15, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station launched 29 June 2018 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.[1] The mission was contracted by NASA and flown by SpaceX.

  1. ^ a b Clark, Stephen (29 June 2018). "SpaceX launches AI-enabled robot companion, vegetation monitor to space station". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b Clark, Stephen (3 August 2018). "SpaceX cargo capsule comes back to Earth from space station". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b Gebhardt, Chris (2 July 2018). "SpaceX CRS-15 Dragon arrives at ISS with science/crew supply payloads". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

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