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SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1

Falcon 9 v1.0SpaceXSpace Launch Complex 40
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 · 03:43 PM UTCAdd to Calendar

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Vehicle

Falcon 9 v1.0

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Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fif...

Height70 m
LEO Payload22,800 kg
Launches801
Successes664

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USA • Founded 2002

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur E...

Mission Brief

SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 in 2010 was the unmanned first spaceflight of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, the Dragon C1, which orbited the Earth, and the second overall flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9. It was also the first demonstration flight for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program for which SpaceX was selected. The primary mission objectives were to test the orbital maneuvering and reentry of the Dragon capsule.

PayloadSpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerSpaceX
Stages2
PadSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Launch Site

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

LAUNCH SITE
28.562°N, 80.577°W

Schedule History

No delays or schedule changes recorded.