Status
Partial Failure
CRS SpX-1 & OG2
Mon Oct 08, 2012 00:35 UTC
One of the nine Merlin 1C engines failed during first stage flight. While the primary CRS-1 mission was still executed successfully, NASA declined to allow a second burn of the upper stage due to the ISS visiting vehicle safety rules. As a result, the secondary OG2 mission was a failure.
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Mission Details
CRS SpX-1
SpaceX CRS-1, also known as SpX-1, was the first SpaceX operational mission under their Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA to resupply the International Space Station using a Dragon spacecraft. Dragon stayed berthed to the Space Station for 18 days before returning to Earth. 905kg of supplies were brought to the Station. This mission was flown by Dragon C103-1.
Orbcomm OG-2
An Orbcomm rideshare satellite was included onboard this flight, however, it was not given a chance to be deployed due to an issue with Falcon 9 on ascent. It fell back and was destroyed with Falcon’s 2nd stage.