Crew Dragon Demo-1
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Crew Dragon Demo-1 (officially Crew Demo-1, SpaceX Demo-1, or Demonstration Mission-1)[lower-alpha 1] was the first orbital test of the Dragon 2 spacecraft. The mission launched on 2 March 2019 [3][4] at 07:49:03 UTC, and arrived at the International Space Station on 3 March 2019, a little over 24 hours after the launch. The mission ended following a successful splashdown on 8 March 2019 at 13:45:08 UTC.[5][6]
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Names | Crew Demo-1 SpaceX Demo-1 Demonstration Mission-1 |
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Mission type | ISS technology demonstration |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2019-011A |
SATCAT no. | 44063 |
Mission duration | 6 days, 5 hours, 56 minutes |
Orbits completed | 62 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon C204 |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Launch mass | 12,055 kg (26,577 lb) |
Dry mass | 6,350 kg (14,000 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2 March 2019, 07:49:03 UTC |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1051.1) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | GO Searcher (Megan) |
Landing date | 8 March 2019, 13:45:08 UTC [1] |
Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony forward [2] |
Docking date | 3 March 2019, 10:51 UTC |
Undocking date | 8 March 2019, 07:32 UTC |
Time docked | 4 days, 20 hours, 41 minutes |
Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission patch |
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During a separate test, on 20 April 2019, the capsule used on Crew Demo-1 was unexpectedly destroyed when firing the SuperDraco engines at Landing Zone 1.[7]