SpaceX CRS-17, also known as SpX-17, was a Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS) to the International Space Station that was launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on 4 May 2019.[5] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX.
The SpaceX CRS-17 Dragon approaching to the ISS for RMS capture. | |
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
|---|---|
| Operator | SpaceX |
| COSPAR ID | 2019-025A |
| SATCAT no. | 44222 |
| Mission duration | 30 days, 14 hours, 22 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Dragon C113.2 |
| Spacecraft type | Dragon CRS |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Dry mass | 4,200 kg (9,300 lb) |
| Payload mass | 2482 kg |
| Dimensions | Height: 6.1 m (20 ft) Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 4 May 2019, 06:48 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, SLC-40 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Recovered |
| Landing date | 3 June 2019, 21:10 (2019-06-03UTC21:11) UTC[2] |
| Landing site | Pacific Ocean, off Baja California |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Berthing at ISS | |
| Berthing port | Harmony nadir |
| RMS capture | 6 May 2019, 11:04 UTC[3] |
| Berthing date | 6 May 2019, 13:33 UTC |
| Unberthing date | 3 June 2019 |
| RMS release | 3 June 2019, 16:01 UTC[4] |
| Time berthed | 27 days |
NASA SpX-17 mission patch Commercial Resupply Services Cargo Dragon | |
In February 2016, it was announced that NASA had awarded a contract extension to SpaceX for five additional CRS missions (CRS-16 to CRS-20).[6] As of June 2016[update], a NASA Inspector General report had this mission manifested for October 2018,[7] but by January 2019 this had been pushed back to April 2019.[8]
Due to a Dragon 2 test anomaly on 20 April 2019, SpaceX needed to acquire a permit to allow landing on the drone ship, "Of Course I Still Love You". The ship was stationed just 28 kilometres (17 mi) downrange "to ensure the integrity of the area and preserve valuable information".[9][10]
Total weight of the cargo on the CRS-17 mission was 2,482 kg (5,472 lb), consisting of 1,517 kg (3,344 lb) in the pressurized section and 965 kg in the unpressurized section.[11]
Cargo in unpressurized section included the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3 (OCO-3) and STP-H6.[11]
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