Human Spaceflight
DRAGON C1
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SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 was the first orbital spaceflight of the Dragon cargo spacecraft, and the second overall flight of the Falcon 9 rocket manufactured by SpaceX. It was also the first demonstration flight for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. The primary mission objectives were to test the orbital maneuvering and reentry of the Dragon capsule. The mission also aimed to test fixes to the Falcon 9 rocket, particularly the unplanned roll of the first stage that occurred during flight 1. Liftoff occurred on 8 December 2010 at 15:43 UTC.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 8, 2010 at 03:43 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 v1.0 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 306 km
- Periapsis
- 281 km
- Inclination
- 34.55°
- Orbital period
- 90.39 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 3,750 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-066A
- NORAD catalog №
- 37244
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- December 8, 2010
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- December 8, 2010
- Time in service
- 0 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed