Dragon 1
Dragon 1 is a capsule developed by SpaceX.
Mission profile: ISS Logistics
The Dragon spacecraft consists of a nose-cone cap, a conventional blunt-cone ballistic capsule, and an unpressurized cargo-carrier trunk equipped with two solar arrays. Dragon was launched into orbit by the company's Falcon 9 launch vehicle to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).
Spacecraft Specifications & Launch Record
| Height | 6.1 m |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 3.7 m |
| Human Rated | No |
| Maiden Flight | 12/8/2010 |
| Payload Capacity | 6000 kg |
| Payload Return Capacity | 3000 kg |
| Flight Life | One week free flight, up to two years while berthed to the International Space Station. |
| Spacecraft Flown | 13 |
| Total Launches | 22 |
| Successful Launches | 20 |
| Failed Launches | 2 |
| Attempted Landings | 21 |
| Successful Landings | 21 |
| Fastest Turnaround | 1 year 52 days 23 hrs 40 min 31 sec |
History of the Dragon 1
Dragon, also known as Dragon 1 or Cargo Dragon, was a class of fourteen partially reusable cargo spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space transportation company.
It flew 23 missions between 2010 and 2020.
During its maiden flight in December 2010, Dragon became the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to be recovered successfully from orbit.
SpaceX Space Agency
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.