NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

CRS SNC-1

Launch Time
NET May, 2025

First flight of the Dream Chaser spaceplane.

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Rocket

Vulcan VC4L
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Planned
Liftoff Thrust: 13,006 kN
Payload to LEO: 24,600 kg
Payload to GTO: 11,693 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 63.3 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m
Fairing Height: 21.3 m

Vehicles

Kennedy SLF Runway 15

DC-101 (Tenacity)

Mission Details

CRS SNC-1

The Dream Chaser Cargo System is an American reusable spaceplane being developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems. The Dream Chaser is designed to resupply the International Space Station with both pressurized and unpressurized cargo. The vehicle will launch vertically and autonomously land horizontally on conventional runways.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5,000.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA