Names | SpX-21 |
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Mission type | ISS resupply |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2020-093A |
SATCAT no. | 47233 |
Website | https://www.spacex.com/ |
Mission duration | 38 days, 9 hours, 9 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Cargo Dragon C208 |
Spacecraft type | Cargo Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Launch mass | 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) |
Payload mass | 2,972 kg (6,552 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 6 December 2020, 16:17:08 UTC[1][2] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1058.4) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | MV GO Navigator[4] |
Landing date | 14 January 2021, 01:26 UTC [3] |
Landing site | Gulf Coast |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony zenith |
Docking date | 7 December 2020, 18:40 UTC [5] |
Undocking date | 12 January 2021, 14:05 UTC [6] |
Time docked | 35 days, 19 hours, 25 minutes |
Cargo | |
Mass | 2,972 kg (6,552 lb) |
Pressurised | 1,882 kg (4,149 lb) |
Unpressurised | 1,090 kg (2,400 lb) |
SpaceX CRS-21 mission patch |
SpaceX CRS-21, also known as SpX-21, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station which launched on 6 December 2020.[1][2] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon 2. This was the first flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016. This was also the first Cargo Dragon of the new Dragon 2 variant, as well as the first Cargo Dragon flight that was docked at the same time as a Crew Dragon spacecraft (SpaceX Crew-1). This mission used Booster B1058.4, becoming the first NASA mission to reuse a booster previously used on a non-NASA mission. This was also first time SpaceX launched a NASA payload on a booster with more than one previous flight.[7][8]
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