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Watch NASA's SpaceX CRS-27 Cargo Mission Launch to the Space Station (Official NASA Broadcast)

SpaceX's 27th cargo resupply mission (CRS-27) to the International Space Station is scheduled to lift off at 8:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 14 (0030 UTC March 15), from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's ...

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.

Dragon CRS-2 SpX-27

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Resupply

Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Probability: 80%
B1073 - A Shortfall of Gravitas

27th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.

Telemetry

Launch trajectory and telemetry simulations provided by Flight Club - a rocket launch simulator and orbital trajectory visualiser for all things space!

Updates

SwGustav • March 15, 2023, 12:52 a.m.

Successful launch and deployment of Cargo Dragon


Cosmic_Penguin • March 15, 2023, 12:31 a.m.

Liftoff


SwGustav • March 15, 2023, 12:30 a.m.

Liftoff


LL2 • March 15, 2023, 12:01 a.m.

Livestream has started


Cosmic_Penguin • March 14, 2023, 12:47 a.m.

Weather 80% go.


Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
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  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
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  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Booster Info


B1073

Status: Expended


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: May 14, 2022
Last Flight: January 30, 2025
Flights: 21
Landings Attempted: 20
Landings Successful: 20
Previous B1073 Flights

Landing Information

B1073 has successfully landed on ASDS ASOG after its seventh flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas.

Cargo Dragon C209


Active Cargo Unmanned Payload Capacity: 6000 kg
Destination: International Space Station
Serial Number: C209

Second Cargo Dragon 2

Cargo Dragon 2 Details

SpaceX

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 728 Failures: 15 Pending: 137

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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Spaceflight Now

Watch live: SpaceX supply ship approaching space station for docking

A day-and-a-half after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft is on course to dock at the International Space Station at 7:28 a.m. EDT (1128 GMT) Thursday to deliver fresh food, experiments, and provisions for the lab’s s…

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX supply ship docks at International Space Station

A day-and-a-half after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft docked at the International Space Station at 7:31 a.m. EDT (1131 GMT) Thursday to deliver fresh food, experiments, CubeSats, and a suite of U.S. military tech …

NASA

NASA, SpaceX Dragon to Deliver Heart Studies, More to Space Station

NASA has another cargo shipment enroute to the International Space Station following a successful Falcon 9 launch of SpaceX’s 27th resupply mission for the agency.

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Florida

A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft packed with nearly 6,300 pounds of fresh food, hardware, and experiments for the International Space Station lifted off Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. EDT (0030 GMT Wednesday) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Flor…

NASASpaceflight

Cargo Dragon CRS-27 docks with ISS

The International Space Station has received another cargo delivery, essential for keeping the Station’s seven-person crew supplied with experiments, consumables, and equipment during its operation in low Earth orbit. This mission, CRS-27,…

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Launch Complex 39A


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