LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Wed Dec 08 2010
SpaceX
SpaceX COTS DM-1
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(3:43 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(3:43 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(3:43 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Falcon 9 v1.0Description:
The Falcon 9 v1.0 first stage was used on the first five Falcon 9 launches, and powered by nine SpaceX Merlin 1C rocket engines arranged in a 3x3 pattern.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Test Flight
- SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 in 2010 was the unmanned first spaceflight of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, the Dragon C1, which orbited the Earth, and the second overall flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9. It was also the first demonstration flight for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program for which SpaceX was selected. The primary mission objectives were to test the orbital maneuvering and reentry of the Dragon capsule.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40