It’s the highest altitude human astronauts have traveled since the last Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission in 2009.
International Space Station maintains an orbit with an average altitude of 400 kilometres.
This is what actual private space travel looks like. Not like Besos sub-orbital 10m18s to max 107km.
I’m curious to see images of the crew inside…
Not jealous while I stare at a computer in my house working for the man making some crumbs everyday.
At least that one had a fundraiser for St. Jude attached instead of simply being a pastime for a billionaire and some average people got to go too.
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Launch: November 11, 2021 2:03 PM
Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s third long-duration crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will land on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
During the Crew-3 mission, NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer will fly aboard the Dragon spacecraft, marking the fifth human spaceflight mission SpaceX has launched since May 2020.
| Spacecraft Commander | Raja_Chari, NASA Astronaut @Astro_Raja |
| Pilot | Thomas Marshburn, NASA Astronaut @AstroMarshburn |
| Mission Specialist | Kayla Barron, NASA Astronaut |
| Mission Specialist | Matthias Maurer, ESA Astronaut (Germany) @astro_matthias |
| Destination orbit | Low Earth Orbit, ~400 km x 51.66°, ISS rendezvous |
| Launch vehicle | Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5 |
| Core | B1067-2 (Previous: CRS-22) |
| Capsule | Crew Dragon C210 “Endurance” |
| Duration of visit | ~6 months |
| Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| Landing | ASDS: 32.15 N, 76.74 W (~541 km downrange) |
| Mission success criteria | Successful separation and deployment of Dragon into the target orbit; rendezvous and docking to the ISS; undocking from the ISS; and reentry, splashdown and recovery of Dragon and crew. |
This will be the 24th SpaceX launch this year.
This will be the 127th Falcon 9 launch.
This will be the 2nd journey to space of the Falcon 9 first stage B1067.
This will be the 1st flight of Dragon C210 “Endurance”
This will be the 3rd operational Crew Rotation mission.
This will be the 31st Dragon mission.
This will be the 28th Dragon mission to reach the ISS.
This mission will mark the 10th docking of a Dragon Spacecraft to the ISS
Launch: November 12, 2021 12:40 PM
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SpaceX is targeting Friday, November 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-11, CRS-21, Transporter-1, and four Starlink missions. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously supported the GPS III-4 mission and a Starlink mission, and the other previously supported another Starlink mission.
| Core | 1058.9 |
| Past flights of this core | Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-11, CRS-21, Transporter-1, and four Starlink missions |
| Payload | 53 Starlink version 1.5 satellites |
| Weather | 60% GO |
| Static fire | Completed |
| Landing | Droneship JRTI |
| Vehicle | Falcon 9 v1.2 FT Block 5 |
| Deployment orbit | inclination of 53.2° Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at an altitude of 540km |
| Launch site | SLC-40, Florida |
| Past flights of this fairing | One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously supported the GPS III-4 mission and a Starlink mission, and the other previously supported another Starlink mission. |
128th Falcon 9 launch all time
87th Falcon 9 landing
109th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6)
25h SpaceX launch this year
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, November 23 for Falcon 9’s launch of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission to an interplentary transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The instantaneous launch window is at 10:21 p.m. PST (6:21 UTC on November 24), and a backup opportunity is available on Wednesday, November 24 at 10:20 p.m. PST (6:20 UTC on November 25).
This will be the third flight for this Falcon 9’s first stage booster, which previously supported launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich and a Starlink mission. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be located in the Pacific Ocean.
DART is humanity’s first planetary defense test mission to see if intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid is an effective way to change its course, should an Earth-threatening asteroid be discovered in the future.
| Customer | NASA |
| Payload | DART, w/ LICIACube |
| Payload mass | 684 kg |
| Destination | Heliocentric orbit, Didymos/Dimorphos binary asteroid |
| Vehicle | Falcon 9 |
| Core | B1063-3 |
| Past flights of this core | 2 (Sentinel-6A, Starlink v1 L28) |
| Launch site | SLC-4E , Vandenberg Space Force Station, California |
| Landing | OCISLY |
129th Falcon 9 launch all time
88th Falcon 9 landing
110th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6)
26th SpaceX launch this year
SpaceX is to launch of 48 Starlink satellites and two BlackSky spacecraft to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 6:12 p.m. EST, or 23:12 UTC.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, and five Starlink missions. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
| Payload | 48 Starlink version 1.5 satellites with with BlackSky 12 & 13 |
| Payload mass | ? (Mass of V1.5 unknown) |
| Deployment orbit | Low Earth Orbit, ≈ 425 km x 435 km x 53.2° |
| Vehicle | Falcon 9 v1.2 FT Block 5 |
| Core | B1060.9 |
| Launch site | SLC-40, Florida |
| Landing | Droneship ASOG |
130th Falcon 9 launch all time
89th Falcon 9 landing
111th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6)
27th SpaceX launch this year
SpaceX will launch Falcon 9 with NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer IXPE to low Earth orbit from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 90-minute launch window opens at December 9, 2021 6:00 AM. A backup opportunity is available on Friday, December 10 with the same 90-minute launch window, should it be needed.
This will be the fifth flight for this Falcon 9’s first stage booster, which previously supported launch of Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, and CRS-23. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be located in the Atlantic Ocean.
| Weather | 90% GO |
| Payload | IXPE |
| Payload mass | 325kg |
| Deployment orbit | Low Earth Orbit, ≈ 600x600 km x 0.2° |
| Vehicle | Falcon 9 v1.2 FT Block 5 |
| Core | B1061.5 |
| Past flights of this core | Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, and CRS-23 |
| Past flights of this fairing | None |
| Launch site | LC-39A, Florida |
| Landing | Droneship JRTI |
131. Falcon 9 launch all time
90. Falcon 9 landing
112. consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6)
28. SpaceX launch this year
