Polaris Dawn
Polaris Dawn is a planned private human spaceflight mission, operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman, scheduled to launch no earlier than summer 2024. The flight will be using a Crew Dragon capsule, and is the first of three planned missions in the Polaris program.
| Mission type | Private spaceflight |
|---|---|
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Website | polarisprogram.com/dawn |
| Mission duration | 5 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Resilience |
| Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
| Members | Jared Isaacman Scott Poteet Sarah Gillis Anna Menon |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | NET Summer 2024 (planned) |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Periapsis altitude | 190 km (120 mi) |
| Apoapsis altitude | 1,400 km (870 mi) (initially) 750 km (470 mi) (later) |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
Mission Patch Isaacman, Poteet, Gillis, and Menon | |
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