Cargo spacecraft "Dragon CRS-22" (SpX-22, Sp209-F1)

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  48831 / 21048A Launch date - time  03 June 2021 - 17:29:15 UTC Launch site  CCK, SLC-39A Launch vehicle  Falcon-9 v1.2 Bl5 (Booster B1067.1) Spacecraft  Cargo Dragon C209 Manufacturer  SpaceX Dimensions cabine  Height: 8.1m - Dia: 4m Launch mass   6000 kg Payload  2B/4B IROSA solar array package (1380kg) Payload Mass (kg)  3328 kg Total cargo mass (kg)  Pressurised: 1948 kg  Unpressurised: 1380 kg Low Earth orbit:    - Perigee / Apogee   km    - Eccentricity      - Inclination  51.66°    - Period  92.99 min

Credit: Collectspace.com

Description:

• SpaceX CRS-22, also known as SpX-22, is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station which launched on 03 June 2021. The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon 2. This was the second flight for SpaceX under NASA′s CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016. This was also the second Cargo Dragon of the new Dragon 2 variant.

Payload:

• NASA contracted for the CRS-22 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date of launch, and orbital parameters for the Cargo Dragon. The total mission payload is 3,328 kg.
  • Science investigations: 920 kg
  • Vehicle hardware: 345 kg
  • Crew supplies: 341 kg
  • Spacewalk equipment: 52 kg
  • Computer resources: 58 kg
  • External payloads: 1,380 kg
• ISS Roll Out Solar Arrays (iROSA)
• First pair of new roll-out solar arrays, using XTJ Prime space solar cells, based on design tested at ISS in 2017. They were delivered to the station in the unpressurized trunk of the SpaceX Cargo Dragon CRS-22 spacecraft. A second pair will be delivered to the ISS on CRS-25 in April 2022, followed by another pair on CRS-26 in September 2022. The installation of these new solar arrays requires two spacewalks: one to prepare the worksite with a modification kit, on 16 June 2021, and another to install the new panel, on 20 June 2021.

Mission details:

• On Jun 3, 2021 SpaceX launched cargo ship Dragon CRS-22 from Kennedy Space Center. The B1067 first stage, on its first flight, landed on the droneship OCISLY. The second stage was deorbited south of Australia. CRS-22 carries the 2B/4B IROSA solar array package in its unpressurized trunk section. The array package has a mass of 1380 kg.
• The Dragon CRS-22 cargo ship docked at IDA-3 at 0909 UTC Jun 5.
• On Jul 8, 2021 at 1445 UTC the Dragon CRS-22 cargo ship undocked from the IDA-3 docking port to begin its return to Earth. Around 1800 UTC Jul 8 the ship lowered its orbit to 203 x 319 km. On Jul 10, after jettisoning the trunk (containing the IROSA FSE) CRS-22 fired its engines at about 0245 UTC for a 9 minute deorbit burn, and splashed down at 0329 UTC in the Gulf of Mexico near 84.3W 29.2N.

External links:

• Wikipedia: Dragon SPX-22 mission
• SpaceX: Description.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Hawthorne. Credit: #411

Docking cancel Houston. Credot: #411

Deorbit and splasdown delayed cancel Houston. Credit: #411

Undocking cancel Houston. Credot: #411