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SpaceX CRS-23

Cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX CRS-23 was launched on August 29, 2021 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Aug 30, 2021).

COSPAR 2021-078ANORAD 49117United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Dragon CRS-23
Common name
SpaceX CRS-23
Payload designation
Dragon C208.2
International designator
2021-078A
NORAD catalog number
49117
GCAT identifier
S49117
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1031

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Commercial
Program
Dragon 2 Cargo
Owner
SpaceX
Country
United States
Builder
SpaceX
Platform (bus)
Dragon CM

Launch

Date
August 29, 2021 · 07:14 UTC
Launch record
2021-078Success
Rocket
Falcon 9
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
209 km
Apogee
240 km
Inclination
51.66°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
August 30, 2021
Last known active
Oct 1, 2021
End of operations
Oct 1, 2021

Size

Mass
10.0 t
Dry mass
9,000 kg
Total mass with attached objects
15.0 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 Q104214626 (CC0).