SpaceX CRS-23

SpaceX CRS-23
On 30 August 2021, CRS-23 approaches the ISS for an autonomous docking to the Harmony module's forward international docking adapter.
NamesSpX-23
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorSpaceX
COSPAR ID2021-078A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.49117
Mission duration32 days, 19 hours, 42 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCargo Dragon C208
Spacecraft typeCargo Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Launch mass6,000 kg (13,000 lb)
Payload mass2,207 kg (4,866 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date29 August 2021, 07:14:49 UTC[1]
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5 (B1061.4)
Launch siteKennedy Space Center, LC-39A
End of mission
Recovered byMV GO Searcher
Landing date1 October 2021, 02:57 UTC [2]
Landing siteAtlantic Ocean
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with International Space Station
Docking portHarmony forward
Docking date30 August 2021, 14:30 UTC
Undocking date30 September 2021, 13:12 UTC
Time docked30 days, 22 hours, 42 minutes

SpaceX CRS-23 mission patch

SpaceX CRS-23, also known as SpX-23, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station, successfully launched on 29 August 2021 and docking the following day.[1] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using the Cargo Dragon C208. This was the third flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016. It was the second mission for this reusable capsule.

Along with SpaceX Crew-2 (Endeavour) and Inspiration4 (Resilience), C208 was one of three SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft in space simultaneously from 15 to 18 September 2021.

  1. ^ a b Clark, Stephen (29 August 2021). "SpaceX launches resupply mission to International Space Station". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. ^ Clark, Stephen (1 October 2021). "SpaceX cargo ship streaks across Florida on the way to splashdown". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 1 October 2021.