NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Flight 1

Launch Time
Fri Jun 04, 2010 18:45 UTC

Maiden flight of the Falcon 9. An unexpected roll occurred at liftoff due to a flaw in the engine layout design, however it was shortly corrected and the flight continued without incident.

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 1 (v1.0)
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Retired
Price: $59.5 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,940 kN
Payload to LEO: 10,450 kg
Payload to GTO: 4,540 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 54.9 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m
Details

Mission Details

Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)

The Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit was a boilerplate version of the Dragon spacecraft manufactured by SpaceX. After using it for ground tests to rate Dragon's shape and mass in various tests, SpaceX launched it into low Earth orbit on the maiden flight of the Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX used the launch to evaluate the aerodynamic conditions on the spacecraft and performance of the carrier rocket in a real-world launch scenario, ahead of Dragon flights for NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program. The spacecraft orbited the Earth over 300 times before decaying from orbit and reentering the atmosphere on 29 June.

Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit
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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2010

27th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

6th mission
1st mission of 2010
3rd successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

1st mission
1st mission of 2010
1st successful mission