Cargo spacecraft "Dragon CRS-26" (SpX-26, Cargo Dragon C211)

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  54371 / 22159A Launch date - time  26 November 2022 - 19:20:42 UTC Launch site  CCK, SLC-39A Launch vehicle  Falcon-9 v1.2 Block 5 (Booster B1076-1) Spacecraft  Cargo Dragon C208 Manufacturer  SpaceX Dimensions cabine  Height: 8.1m (27 ft) - Dia: 4m (13 ft) Launch mass   9525 kg Payload Mass (kg)  1800 kg Total cargo mass (kg)  Pressurised: 1948 kg  Unpressurised: 1380 kg? Geocentric orbit:    - Perigee / Apogee   km    - Eccentricity      - Inclination  51.66°    - Period  92.99? min

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Description:

• SpaceX CRS-26, also known as SpX-26, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 26 November 2022.[2] The mission was contracted by NASA and flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon. This was the sixth flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016.
• SpaceX plans to reuse each Cargo Dragon up to five times.
• Cargo Dragon capsules under the NASA CRS Phase 2 contract land near Florida in the ocean.

Payload:

• NASA contracted for the CRS-26 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date of launch, and orbital parameters for the Cargo Dragon.
• Second pair of new solar arrays using XTJ Prime space solar cells. They were delivered to the station in the unpressurized trunk of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft.
  The installation of these new solar arrays, designated 4A and 3A, required two spacewalks: one to prepare the worksite with a modification kit and another to install the new panel.
• CubeSats carried by this mission, deployed through NRCSD#24 (including ELaNa 49) and J-SSOD#24 are:
  TJREVERB, ORCASat, MARIO, NUTSat, LORIS, petitSat, SPORT, DabteSat, Surya Satellite-1 and HSKSAT.

Launch CRS-26.

Dragon docked to the ISS.

External links:

• Wikipedia: Dragon CRS-26 mission

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Dragon CRS-26 docking cancel Houston. Credit: #411