SpaceX CRS-5: Difference between revisions

{{redirect|CRS-5|the Orbital ATK CRS-5 mission|Cygnus CRS OA-5}}

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = SpaceX CRS-5

| image = CRS-5 Dragon on approach to ISS (ISS042-E-119867).jpg

| image_caption = CRS-5 Dragon on approach to the ISS

 

 

| launch_mass = {{cvt|6000|kg}}

 

| launch_site = [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], [[Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40|SLC-40]]

 

| disposal_type = Recovered

| landing_date = 11 February 2015, 00:44 UTC <ref name="nsf20150209">{{cite news|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/02/crs-5-dragon-homecoming-huge-spacex-tuesday/|title=SpaceX CRS-5 Dragon returns home via Pacific splashdown|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|first=Chris|last=Bergin|date=9 February 2015|access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref>

| landing_site = [[Atlantic Ocean]]

 

| orbit_regime = [[Low Earth orbit]]

| orbit_inclination = 51.65°

 

| docking = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| cargo_mass_press = {{cvt|1823|kg}}

| cargo_mass_unpress = {{cvt|494|kg}}

 

| insignia = SpaceX CRS-5 Patch.png

| insignia_caption = NASA SpX-5 mission patch

 

| next_mission = [[SpaceX CRS-6]]

 

| previous_mission2 = [[SpaceX CRS-4]]

| next_mission2 = [[SpaceX CRS-6]]

The Dragon spacecraft for CRS-5 carried {{cvt|2317|kg}} of cargo to the ISS. Included in this was {{cvt|490|kg}} of provisions and equipment for the crew, {{cvt|717|kg}} of station hardware, {{cvt|577|kg}} of science equipment and experiments, and the {{cvt|494|kg}} [[Cloud Aerosol Transport System]] (CATS).<ref name="nsf20150110"/>

 

 

 

== Post-launch flight test ==

 

=== Results of first landing attempt ===

 

The SpaceX webcast indicated that the boostback burn and re-entry burns for the descending first stage occurred, and that the descending then went "below the horizon", as expected, which eliminated the live telemetry signal. Shortly thereafter, SpaceX released information that the first stage did get to the drone spaceport ship as planned, but "landed hard ... Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced".<ref name=sfn20150110/><ref name=sx-musk20150110>{{cite web|last1=Musk|first1=Elon|title=Post-launch Twitter news releases|url=https://twitter.com/elonmusk |publisher=SpaceX |access-date=2015-01-10|quote=''Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho.''", "''Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced''", "''Didn't get good landing/impact video. Pitch dark and foggy. Will piece it together from telemetry and ... actual pieces''.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=elonmusk |author=Elon Musk|number=553855109114101760|date=10 January 2015|title=Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=elonmusk|author=Elon Musk|number=553856479590359040|date=10 January 2015|title=Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced...}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=elonmusk|author=Elon Musk|number=553857574005915648|date=10 January 2015|title=Didn't get good landing/impact video. Pitch dark and foggy. Will piece it together from telemetry and ... actual pieces.}}</ref> SpaceX made a video of the landing attempt available on [[Vine (service)|Vine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vine.co/v/OjqeYWWpVWK|title=Close, but no cigar. This time.|publisher=Vine|date=16 January 2015 |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>

 

== See also ==