Engineering:Dragon C106
| Dragon C106 | |
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.jpg) C106 in flight in June 2017, during CRS-11. | |
| Type | Cargo space capsule |
| Class | SpaceX Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Technical details | |
| Dimensions | 6.1 m × 3.7 m (20 ft × 12 ft) |
| Dry mass | 4,201 kilograms (9,262 lb) |
| Power | Solar arrays |
| Flight history | |
| First flight | SpaceX CRS-4 21 September – 25 October 2014 |
| Last flight | SpaceX CRS-19 5 December 2019 – 7 January 2020 |
| Flights | 3 |
| Fate | Retired |
SpaceX Dragon C106 is a Dragon space capsule built by SpaceX.[1] It is the first reused SpaceX Dragon capsule to be reflown into space, having its second launch in 2017.[2] C106 was first used on CRS-4, and then used again for the CRS-11 and CRS-19 missions.[3] It was the second capsule after C108 to be used a third time, marking a milestone in SpaceX's drive to reduce space launch costs through reusing hardware.[4]
History
C106 was built as the sixth production Dragon capsule.[5] This new Dragon was launched in September 2014 for the CRS-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It splashed down in October 2014, and was successfully retrieved.[6][7] To prepare for its second flight, it had its heatshield replaced while the hull, avionics, and Draco thrusters were refurbished.[8] The refurbished Dragon was relaunched in June 2017 for the CRS-11 mission to the ISS.[9][4] It splashed down and was successfully recovered in July 2017.[10] After undergoing another refurbishment, C106 was launched again for the CRS-19 mission.
Flights
| Flight # | Mission | Launch date (UTC) | Landing date (UTC) | Liftoff | Landing | Notes | ||
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| 1 | 
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NASA CRS-4 | 2014-09-21 21 September 2014
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2014-10-25 25 October 2014
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| 2 | 
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NASA CRS-11 | 2017-06-03 3 June 2017
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2017-07-03 3 July 2017
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This was the 100th launch from Launch Pad 39A | [1][11][10] | ||
| 3 | 
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NASA CRS-19 | 5 December 2019 | 7 January 2020 | 
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See also
- Falcon 9 booster B1029, the second SpaceX Falcon 9 booster to be reused
- Falcon 9 booster B1021, the first SpaceX Falcon 9 booster to be reused
- Falcon 9 booster B1019, the first SpaceX Falcon 9 booster to be successfully landed
- Gemini spacecraft No. 2, the first space capsule to be reflown
- Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne
- McDonnell Douglas DC-X
- Blue Origin New Shepard
- Space Shuttle
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 William Graham (1 June 2017). "Weather halts Falcon 9 mission with CRS-11 Dragon on 100th 39A launch". NASAspaceflight.com. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/06/spacex-falcon-9-crs-11-dragon-iss-100th-39a/.
- ↑ "SpaceX To Launch Reused Dragon Capsule, Land Falcon 9 At Kennedy Space Center". Brevard Times. 17 May 2017. http://space.brevardtimes.com/2017/05/spacex-crs-11-launch-to-international.html.
- ↑ Hanneke Weitering (1 June 2017). "SpaceX to Launch 1st Reused Dragon Spacecraft Saturday: Watch It Live". Space.com. http://www.space.com/37047-spacex-first-reused-dragon-spacecraft-launch-webcast.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dana Hull; Andrea Wong (3 June 2017). "SpaceX Ferries Supplies to Orbiting Station in Reused Capsule". Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-03/spacex-ferries-supplies-to-orbiting-station-in-reused-capsule.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "First SpaceX Dragon Re-Use Mission Grounded until Saturday by Unsettled Weather". Spaceflight 101. 1 June 2017. https://spaceflight101.com/dragon-spx11/dragon-spx-11-weather-scrub/.
- ↑ "SpaceX Completes CRS-4 Mission for NASA". SpaceX. 4 November 2014. http://www.spacex.com/news/2014/11/04/spacex-completes-crs-4-mission-nasa.
- ↑ "CRS-11 Dragon Resupply Mission". SpaceX. June 2017. http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/crs11finalpresskit.pdf.
- ↑ Emre Kelly (31 May 2017). "SpaceX, NASA ready for Falcon 9 launch with refurbished Dragon". Florida Today. http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2017/06/01/spacex-nasa-ready-falcon-9-launch-landing-kennedy-space-center-crs-11/360176001/.
- ↑ "SpaceX launches Chinese experiment, other supplies to space station". Xinhua. 4 June 2017. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-06/04/c_136337810.htm.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Derek Richardson (3 July 2017). "Dragon Splashes Down in Pacific With Time-Critical Experiments". Spaceflight Insider. http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/iss/dragon-splashes-down-in-pacific-with-time-critical-experiments/.
- ↑ "SpaceX launches ISS supply rocket". DPA (Sky News Australia). 4 June 2017. http://www.skynews.com.au/tech/technews/2017/06/04/spacex-launches-iss-supply-rocket.html.
- ↑ "SpaceX" (in en). http://www.spacex.com/.
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