Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)Falcon 9 v1.0 SpaceX Launch Status Success Fri ยท Jun 4th, 2010 2:45 PM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6hYEqrP56I Mission Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU) Type: Test Flight The Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit was a boilerplate version of the Dragon spacecraft. After using it for ground tests to rate Dragon's shape and mass in various tests, SpaceX launched it into low Earth orbit on the maiden flight of the Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX used the launch to evaluate the aerodynamic conditions on the spacecraft and performance of the carrier rocket in a real-world launch scenario, ahead of Dragon flights for NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program. Location Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral, FL, USA 209 launches have been at this location. Rocket Falcon 9 v1.0 Length: 47.8 meters Diameter: 3.65 meters First Launched: June 4, 2010 The Falcon 9 v1.0 first stage was used on the first five Falcon 9 launches, and powered by nine SpaceX Merlin 1C rocket engines arranged in a 3×3 pattern. The Falcon 9 v1.0 rocket has been launched a total of 5 times with 4 successful and 1 failed launches. Landing – – Agency SpaceX Type: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon Spacecraft: Dragon Country: USA 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 has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas. View Rocket Launch Schedule