Cargo spacecraft "Dragon CRS-25" (SpX-25, Dragon C208-F2)

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  53113 / 22081A Launch date - time  15 July 2022 - 00:44:22 UTC Launch site  CCK, SLC-39A Launch vehicle  Falcon-9 v1.2 Block 5 (Booster B1067-5) Spacecraft  Cargo Dragon C208 Manufacturer  SpaceX Dimensions cabine  Height: 8.1m - Dia: 4m Launch mass   6000 kg Payload Mass (kg)  1800 kg Total cargo mass (kg)  Pressurised: 1948 kg  Unpressurised: 1380 kg? Geocentric orbit:    - Perigee / Apogee   km    - Eccentricity      - Inclination  51.66°    - Period  92.99 min

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Description:

• SpaceX CRS-25, also known as SpX-25, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission (CRS) to the International Space Station (ISS) that was launched on 15 July 2022. The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using their reusable spacecraft, the Cargo Dragon. The vehicle delivered supplies to the crew aboard the ISS along with multiple pieces of equipment that will be used to conduct multiple research investigations aboard the ISS.
• The launch of CRS-25 was delayed to July 11 to investigate issues in the Dragon's propulsion system detected during pre-launch testing. The previously scheduled launch date was June 10.

Launch CRS-25.

CRS-25 resupply cargo.

Mission details:

• Cargo Dragon capsule C208, with (as usual) a new trunk, was launched on mission SpX CRS-23 on Aug 29, 2021. The trunk is empty on this mission. The cabin carries 2207 kg of pressurized cargo including 45 kg of satellite deployment hardware.
• For Nanoracks, four cubesats are carried (the first three as part of NASA′s Elana program) for deployment from the NRCSD deployer (probably NRCSD-21?):
  • PR-CuNaR2, a 3U physics experiment from the Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico - Bayamon
  • CAPSat, a 3U technology satellite from the University of Illinois
  • SPACE HAUC, a 3U satellite testing a software defined radio from U. Massachusetts, Lowell
  • IOD-3 Amber, a 6U shipping electronic intelligence satellite from Horizon Technologies (Reading) and the Satellite Applications Catapult (Harwell) which will provide data to the Portsmouth-based National Maritime Information Centre.
• For Japan′s SpaceBD, another four payloads are known to be aboard and will use the JAXA J-SSOD deployer:
  • Binar-1, a 1U test satellite for Curtin University
  • CUAVA-1, a 3U test satellite for the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales, which have a joint new CUAVA space technology lab on the U Sydney campus;
  • Maya-3 and Maya-4, two 1U test satellites from the Phillipines DOST and the U. Phillipines Diliman.
• CRS-23 arrived at the ISS and docked at IDA-2/PMA-2 at 1430 UTC on Aug 30.
• Cargo ship Dragon CRS-23 undocked from the IDA-2 port at 1312 UTC Sep 30, 2021. It lowered its orbit at about 1708 UTC to 253 x 406 km, and made its deorbit burn at 0207 UTC Oct 1, landing off the coast of Florida at about 80.6W 29.8N at roughly 0257 UTC.
  The trunk was ejected a few minutes before deorbit and remains in the 253 x 406 km orbit.

External links:

• Wikipedia: Dragon CRS-25 mission

Astrophilately covers:

Dragon CRS-25 launch. Credit: #411

CRS-25 landing delayed, cancel Houston. Credit: #411

CRS-25 undocking cancel Houston. Credit: #411

CRS-25 Splashdown cancel Houston. Credit: #411