NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

CRS SpX-4

Launch Time
Sun Sep 21, 2014 05:52 UTC

Over a year after launch, debris from the Falcon 9 1st stage were discovered washed up on the Isles of Scilly in the UK.

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 2 (v1.1)
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Retired
Price: $56.5 million
Liftoff Thrust: 5,885 kN
Payload to LEO: 13,150 kg
Payload to GTO: 4,850 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 68.4 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Vehicles

Expendable

B1010

Flight #1
American Islander

C106

Flight #1

Mission Details

CRS SpX-4

SpaceX CRS-4, also known as SpX-4, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station contracted to NASA. Dragon was berthed for 32 days before successfully returning to earth. 2,216kg of cargo were brought to the station, 1,627kg of pressurized cargo in the capsule and 589kg of unpressurized cargo in the trunk. 20 mice were also brought to the station to study the effects of microgravity on animals. This mission was flown by Dragon C106-1.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,216.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2014

57th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

18th mission
6th mission of 2014
14th successful mission
9th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

13th mission
6th mission of 2014
12th successful mission
9th consecutive successful mission