Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Vehicles:
B1046 (Flight 4)
Landing: Expendable
Launch Site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Centre, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Dragon: C205 — (Flight 1)
Payloads:
Satellite: Dragon C205
Destination: Suborbital
Customer: NASA, SpaceX
Details:
The flight was suborbital. First suborbital flight of Falcon 9. After Max-Q, Crew Dragon C205 fired its SuperDraco thrusters to "escape" from a simulated launch failure. B1046 activated its Flight Termination System and exploded following the escape as planned. There was no second stage used for this mission; a mass simulator was put in its place
23rd Falcon 9 Block 5 mission
23rd success
23rd consecutive success
4th launch for B1046
Turnaround: 411.87 days
19th SpaceX launch from LC-39A
Turnaround: 208.38 days
2nd SpaceX mission of 2020
2nd mission success of 2020
2nd Falcon 9 Block 5 mission of 2020
88th SpaceX mission
82nd SpaceX success