Cargo spacecraft "Dragon CRS-15" (SpX-15)

SpaceX

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Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	43522 / 18055A
Launch date - time	29 Jun 2018 - 09:42 UTC
Launch site	CCK, SLC-40
Launch vehicle	Falcon-FT Block 4 (B1045-2)
Spacecraft	Cargo Dragon C111
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Dimensions cabine	Height: 6.1m (20 ft) - Dia: 3.7m (12 ft)
Dry mass	4200 kg
Mass (kg)	6000 kg
Cargo mass to ISS	2697 kg
Pressurised	1712 kg
Unpressurised)	985 kg
Earth orbit:
- Perigee / Apogee	402 x 408 km
- Inclination	51.6°
- Period	min

Berthed date - time	02 Jul 2018 - 13:52 UTC
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Harmony nadir port
Docking orbit:
- Perigee / Apogee	km
- Inclination	51.7 °
- Period	min
Unberthed date - time	03 Aug 2018 - 14:37 UT
Berthed time	31 days
Released into orbit date	03 Aug 2018 - 16:38 UT
Recovery date - time	03 Aug 2018 - 22:17 UT
Landing location	near 119 W 28 N
Flight Duration (dd:hh:min)	35d, 12h, 35min

Description:

DRAGON CRS-15 is a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, contracted to NASA. It is the X flight?? for SpaceX′s uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft, and the nine?? SpaceX operational mission contracted to NASA under a Commercial Resupply Services contract. The mission brings equipment and supplies to the space station.

Mission details:

On Jun 29, 2018 SpaceX launched the Dragon CRS-15 cargo ship on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral. CRS-15 uses capsule C111, on its second flight, and as usual a new trunk section, this time carrying the ECOSTRESS experiment and a spare latching end effector for the Canadarm-2 robot arm, LEE S/N 205, attached to a flight support equipment (FSE) plate.
Dragon CRS-15 arrived at the ISS on Jul 2; Canadarm-2 grappled the vehicle at 1054 UTC and was berthed on the Harmony module at 1352 UTC.

The Dragon CRS-15 cargo ship was unberthed by Canadarm-2 at 1437 UTC Aug 03, 2018 and released at 1638 UTC. After a deorbit burn at 2123 UTC it jettisoned the trunk (with the HREP package) and reentered, splashing down near 119 W 28 N at about 2217 UTC. Aboard CRS-15, the old Canadarm-2 LEE S/N 202 was returned to Earth for refurbishment. /ul>
External links:
- Wikipedia: Dragon CRS-15 mission
- Spaceflight Now: Spacex-launches-ai-enabled-robot-companion-vegetation-monitor-to-space-station/
- NASA gov:SpacexX CRS-15 Mission
Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Hawthorne. Credit: #411

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Cargo spacecraft "Dragon CRS-15" (SpX-15)

SpaceX

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