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SpaceX CRS-16

Cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX CRS-16 was launched on December 5, 2018 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Dec 8, 2018).

COSPAR 2018-101ANORAD 43827United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Dragon CRS-16
Common name
SpaceX CRS-16
Payload designation
Dragon C112
International designator
2018-101A
NORAD catalog number
43827
GCAT identifier
S43827
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/924

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Commercial
Program
Dragon
Owner
SpaceX
Country
United States
Builder
SpaceX
Platform (bus)
Dragon CM

Launch

Date
December 5, 2018 · 18:16 UTC
Launch record
2018-101Success
Rocket
Falcon 9
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
401 km
Apogee
408 km
Inclination
51.64°
Status
Grappled by another object
Status date
December 8, 2018
Last known active
Jan 14, 2019
End of operations
Jan 14, 2019

Size

Mass
5,427 kg
Dry mass
4,700 kg
Total mass with attached objects
10.0 t
Length
5.3 m
Diameter
3.70 m
Span
16.5 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q27048772 (CC0).