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SpaceX CRS-9

Cargo resupply mission to the ISS. SpaceX CRS-9 was launched on July 18, 2016 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Jul 20, 2016).

COSPAR 2016-046ANORAD 41672United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Dragon CRS-9
Common name
SpaceX CRS-9
Payload designation
Dragon C111
International designator
2016-046A
NORAD catalog number
41672
GCAT identifier
S41672
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/801

Mission

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

Launch

Date
July 18, 2016 · 04:45 UTC
Launch record
2016-046Success
Rocket
Falcon 9
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
390 km
Apogee
392 km
Inclination
51.66°
Status
Grappled by another object
Status date
July 20, 2016
Last known active
Aug 26, 2016
End of operations
Aug 26, 2016

Size

Mass
5,522 kg
Dry mass
4,522 kg
Total mass with attached objects
9,779 kg
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 Q19636560 (CC0).