Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Vehicles:
B1046 (Flight 4)
Landing: Expendable
Launch Site: LC-39A (Falcon), Kennedy Space Center, Florida
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 Falcon 9 Block 5 success
23rd consecutive Falcon 9 Block 5 success
80th Falcon 9 mission
77th Falcon 9 success
51st consecutive Falcon 9 success
88th Falcon family mission
82nd Falcon family success
54th consecutive Falcon family success
4th launch for B1046
Turnaround: 411.87 days
19th SpaceX launch from LC-39A (Falcon)
Turnaround: 208.38 days
2nd SpaceX mission of 2020
2nd SpaceX mission success of 2020
2nd Falcon 9 mission of 2020
2nd Falcon family mission of 2020
88th SpaceX mission
82nd SpaceX mission success
54th consecutive SpaceX mission success