SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1Falcon 9 v1.0 SpaceX Launch Status Success Wed ยท Dec 8th, 2010 10:43 AM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ci9xIgNZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdLITgWKe_0 Mission SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 Type: Test Flight SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 in 2010 was the unmanned first spaceflight of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, the Dragon C1, which orbited the Earth, and the second overall flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9. It was also the first demonstration flight for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program for which SpaceX was selected. The primary mission objectives were to test the orbital maneuvering and reentry of the Dragon capsule. 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