Engineering:USCV-2
Operator | Boeing |
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Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Calypso |
Spacecraft type | Starliner |
Manufacturer | Boeing |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | Sunita Williams Josh A. Cassada Thomas Pesquet Andrei Borisenko |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | November 2020 |
Rocket | Atlas V N22 |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | May 2021 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Inclination | 51.6° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony Module |
Time docked | Six months |
USCV-2, designated CTS-1 by Boeing, is the first operational crewed mission of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station, and the third orbital flight mission of the Starliner overall. The new name for this mission will be Boeing Starliner-1[1]. It is scheduled for launch in November 2020 with a crew of three. It will transport members of a future ISS Expedition to the ISS. This would only be the fourth US spaceflight with a female commander, after STS-93, STS-114, and STS-120.
Crew
Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | Sunita Williams, NASA Expedition TBA Third spaceflight | |
Pilot | Josh A. Cassada, NASA Expedition TBA First spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | Thomas Pesquet, ESA Expedition TBA Second spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | Andrei Borisenko, Roscosmos Expedition TBA Third spaceflight |
Backup crew
Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | Barry E. Wilmore, NASA Third spaceflight | |
TBD 2 | TBA, TBA | |
TBD 3 | TBA, TBA |
Spacecraft
This mission will be the first reuse of a Starliner spacecraft. The USCV-2 vehicle was previously used for the Boe-OFT mission in December 2019. On December 22, 2019, mission commander Sunita Williams announced the name Calypso for the vehicle on her twitter account.[2]
See also
Notes
- ↑ https://www.nasa.gov/specials/ccp-press-kit/main.html
- ↑ Williams, Sunita [@Astro_Suni] (December 22, 2019). "Thanking two mission control personnel". https://twitter.com/Astro_Suni/status/1208780116630876160.