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SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1
First spaceflight of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 was launched on December 8, 2010 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Dec 8, 2010).
COSPAR 2010-066ANORAD 37244United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Dragon C1
- Common name
- SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1
- Payload designation
- Dragon C101
- International designator
- 2010-066A
- NORAD catalog number
- 37244
- GCAT identifier
- S37244
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/614
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Dragon
- Owner
- SpaceX
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Platform (bus)
- Dragon CM
Launch
- Date
- December 8, 2010 · 15:43 UTC
- Launch record
- 2010-066Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 279 km
- Apogee
- 308 km
- Inclination
- 34.54°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- December 8, 2010
- Last known active
- Dec 8, 2010
- End of operations
- Dec 8, 2010
Size
- Mass
- 3,750 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,750 kg
- Length
- 2.9 m
- Diameter
- 3.60 m
- Span
- 3.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q6912958 (CC0).