 Disintegration of the SpaceX CRS-7 launch vehicle approximately two minutes after liftoff as seen from a NASA tracking camera. | |
| Names | SpX-7 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Mission duration | 2 minutes, 19 seconds |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Dragon 1 C109 |
| Spacecraft type | Dragon 1 |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 28 June 2015, 14:21:11 UTC |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 v1.1 (B1018) |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, SLC-40 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Destroyed on launch |
| Destroyed | 28 June 2015, 14:23:30 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
 NASA SpX-7 mission patch | |
SpaceX CRS-7, also known as SpX-7,[1] was a private American Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station, contracted to NASA, which launched and failed on June 28, 2015. It disintegrated 139 seconds into the flight after launch from Cape Canaveral, just before the first stage was to separate from the second stage.[2] It was the ninth flight for SpaceX's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft and the seventh SpaceX operational mission contracted to NASA under a Commercial Resupply Services contract. The vehicle launched on a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle. It was the nineteenth overall flight for the Falcon 9 and the fourteenth flight for the substantially upgraded Falcon 9 v1.1.
- ^ Smith, Marcia S. (June 28, 2015). "Pressurization Event in Second Stage Likely Cause of SpaceX CRS-7 Failure". Space Policy Online. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- ^ "Unmanned SpaceX rocket explodes after Florida launch". BBC News. June 28, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2015.