SpX CRS-4
Falcon 9 v1.1
SpaceX
Mission
SpX CRS-4
Type: Resupply
This was the fourth Dragon mission to the International SpaÑe Station. It delivered supplies and scientific experiments, including live mice and the first 3D printer in space. The flight was conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
878 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Falcon 9 v1.1 – SpaceX
- Family: Falcon
- Length: 68.4 m
- Diameter: 3.65 m
- Launch Mass: 506 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 13150 kg
The Falcon 9 v1.1 was manufactured by SpaceX with the first launch on 2013-09-29. Falcon 9 v1.1 has 14 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 15 launches. Falcon 9 v1.1 is a significantly redesigned version of the its predecessor, including a higher payload capacity. This version arranges the engines in a structural form SpaceX calls an Octaweb.
Agency
SpaceX – SpX
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: SpX
- Administration: CEO: Elon Musk
- Founded: 2002
- Launchers: Falcon | Starship
- 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 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.
