Cargo spacecraft "Dragon CRS-28" (SpX-28, Cargo Dragon C208)

SpaceX / US

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Launch, orbit & landing data:

Satcat n° / COSPAR ID	56845 / 2023-080A
Launch date - time	5 June 2023 - 15:47 UTC
Launch site	CCK, SLC-39A
Launch vehicle	Falcon-9 v1.2 Block 5 (Booster B1077-5)
Spacecraft	Cargo Dragon C208
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Dimensions cabine	Height: 8.1m (27 ft) - Dia: 4m (13 ft)
Launch mass	9525 kg
Cargo Mass (kg)	3304 kg
Total cargo mass (kg)	Pressurised: 2852 kg Unpressurised: 1380 kg?
Geocentric orbit:
- Perigee / Apogee	km
- Eccentricity
- Inclination	51.66°
- Period

Credit: Collectspace.com

Docking date - time	6 June 2023 - 09:54 UTC
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Harmony zenith
Docking orbit:
- Perigee / Apogee	km
- Inclination	°
- Period	min
Undocking date - time	29 June 2023 - 16:30 UTC
Time docked	23 days, 36 hours, 36 min.
Recovery date - time	30 June 2023 - 14:30 UTC
Landing location	Gulf of Mexico
Recovered by	MV Shannon
Mission Duration	24 days, 22 hours, 43 min.
Nbr orbits

Description:

SpaceX CRS-28, also known as SpX-28, is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 5 June 2023. The mission was contracted by NASA and flown by SpaceX using Cargo Dragon ship C208. It was the eighth flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2
Cargo Dragon capsules under the NASA CRS Phase 2 contract land near Florida in the ocean.

Payload:

NASA contracted for the CRS-28 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date of launch, and orbital parameters for the Cargo Dragon.
- Science investigations: 266 kg
- Vehicle hardware: 491 kg
- Crew supplies: 1,098 kg
- Spacewalk equipment: 48 kg
- Computer resources: 4 kg
Falcon before flight.

Dragon CRS-28 approching the ISS.

Mission details:
- The CRS-28 resupply mission was originally planned to launch on 4 June 2023, at 16:12:41 UTC. However, the countdown was stopped at T-01:49:08, and SpaceX scrubbed the mission and postponed it to the day after due to high winds in the recovery area. SpaceX announced, about 45 minutes afterward, the new T-0, planned for 15:47 UTC. The Falcon 9 rocket and the Cargo Dragon spacecraft lifted off at the new T-0, from the Kennedy Space Center's Space Launch Complex-39A. The first stage separation happened at T+02:38 and the Falcon 9 landed at T+09:05 on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship. At T+12:11, the Cargo Dragon separated from the second stage.
- Dragon docked to the International Space Station's Harmony module on Tuesday, June 6, at 09:54 UTC.
- On June 7, SpaceX announced on Twitter that on the previous day, the Dragon 2 fleet as a whole had accumulated 1,324 days in orbit, surpassing the Space Shuttle program's total time in space. SpaceX also said that the mission was the 38th mission to ISS for Dragon 1 and 2 capsules, which exceeded the Shuttle's 37 ISS missions.
- Cargo Dragon C208 was undocked from the ISS on 29 June 2023 at 16:30 UTC. The capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean on 30 June 2023 at 14:30 UTC, where it was retrieved by MV Shannon.
External links:
- Wikipedia: Dragon CRS-28 mission.
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Cargo spacecraft "Dragon CRS-28" (SpX-28, Cargo Dragon C208)

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