Cargo spacecraft "Dragon CRS-10" (SpX-10)

SpaceX

Spacecraft nr:

SpaceX spacecraft nr: 11

Also called: SpX-10 and Dragon C112.

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	42053 / 17009A
Launch date - time	19 Feb 2017 - 14:39 UT
Launch site	CC, LC39A
Launch vehicle	Falcon-9v1.2 (B1031)
Spacecraft	Cargo Dragon C112
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Dimensions cabine	Height: 7.2m (24 ft) - Dia: 3.7m (12 ft)
Dry mass	4200 kg
Mass (kg)	6000 kg
Cargo mass to ISS	2490 kg
Pressurised	1530 kg
Unpressurised)	960 kg
Earth orbit:
- Perigee / Apogee	204 x 359
- Inclination	51.6°

Berthed date - time	23 Feb 2017 - 10:44 UT
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Harmony nadir port
Docking orbit:
- Perigee / Apogee	400 x 409 km
- Inclination	51.64 °
- Period	92.7 min
Unberthed date - time	18 Mar 2017 - 21:45 UT
Released into orbit date	19 Mar 2017 - 09:11 UT
Berthed time	23d, 8h, 8min
Recovery date - time	19 March 2017 - 14:46 UT)
Landing location	Pacific Ocean, near 31 44N 121 15W
Flight Duration (dd:hh:min)	28d, 7min
Nbr orbits

Description:

DRAGON CRS-10 is a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, contracted to NASA. It is the X flight?? for SpaceX's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft, and the nine?? SpaceX operational mission contracted to NASA under a Commercial Resupply Services contract. The mission brings equipment and supplies to the space station.
After the retirement of the space shuttle, the Dragon spacecraft is the only vehicle capable of returning large amounts of cargo from the space station to Earth. Russia's crewed Soyuz capsule can only accommodate limited cargo when landing with a three-person crew.

CRS-10 approaching the ISS.

CRS-10 after landing.

Mission details:

On Feb 19, 2017 Dragon CRS-10 was launched from Kennedy Space Center LC39A aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9; the first non-NASA launch operation ever from KSC and the first launch from KSC since 2011. NASA KSC abuts USAF Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on its northern side; previous Falcon 9 east coast launches were from SLC40 at Cape Canaveral. On this flight the Falcon 9 first stage, B1031, landed at Cape Canaveral's LZ1.
CRS-10 carries three packages in its trunk for installation on ISS. The USAF Space Test Program's STP-H5 experiment suite includes a NASA lightning sensor and NRL ionosphere-study experiments. SAGE-III IP continues a long series of NASA ozone monitoring studies. SAGE-III NVP (Nadir Viewing Platform) is an adapter which will allow the IP to be installed sideways on the ISS ELC platform.
On Feb 22 Dragon aborted its approach to the ISS at a distance of 1.2 km due to a navigation system error. Rendezvous was rescheduled for Feb 23 when Dragon was grappled by the SSRMS at 1044 UTC, then berthed on the Harmony module.
Dragon was unberthed from the Harmony module at 21:45 UTC Mar 18, 2017 and released by Canadarm-2 at 09:11 UTC Mar 19. After a deorbit burn at 13:55 UTC it splashed down in the Pacific near 31 44N 121 15W at 14:46 UTC, carrying 1652 kg of ISS return cargo. This return cargo includes 104 kg of unspecified EVA equipment.
The OPALS laser comm payload was launched in 2014; the RRM Robotic Refuelling Mission experiment in 2011. The MISSE FSE is an adapter that mounted the MISSE 7 and 8 materials exposure experiments; it was launched with ELC-2 in 2009. These packages, with a total mass of 811 kg, were destroyed on reentry when the Dragon trunk was jettisoned following Dragon's deorbit burn.

External links:

Wikipedia: Dragon CRS-10 mission

Astrophilately covers:

CRS-10 Splashdown cancel Hawthorne (SpaceX Mission Control). Credit: #401

Ref.: #3(SD533), #7(JR735), #98, #401 - update: 29.10.25

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