SpaceX CRS-5
SpaceX CRS-5, also known as SpX-5, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS), conducted by SpaceX for NASA, and was launched on 10 January 2015 and ended on 11 February 2015. It was the seventh flight for SpaceX's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft and the fifth SpaceX operational mission contracted to NASA under an ISS resupply services contract.
CRS-5 Dragon on approach to the ISS | |
| Names | SpX-5 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
| Operator | SpaceX / NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2015-001A |
| SATCAT no. | 40370 |
| Website | https://www.spacex.com/ |
| Mission duration | 30 days (planned) 31 days, 14 hours, 56 minutes (achieved) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Dragon C107 |
| Spacecraft type | Dragon CRS |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Launch mass | 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) |
| Dimensions | 8.1 m (27 ft) (height) 4 m (13 ft) (diameter) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 10 January 2015, 09:47:10 UTC |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 v1.1 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, SLC-40 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Recovered (failure) |
| Recovered by | Autonomous spaceport drone ship |
| Landing date | 11 February 2015, 00:44 UTC |
| Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.65° |
| Berthing at ISS | |
| Berthing port | Harmony nadir |
| RMS capture | 12 January 2015, 10:54 UTC |
| Berthing date | 12 January 2015, 13:54 UTC |
| Unberthing date | 10 February 2015, 17:11 UTC |
| RMS release | 10 February 2015, 19:10 UTC |
| Time berthed | 29 days, 3 hours, 17 minutes |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2,317 kg (5,108 lb) |
| Pressurised | 1,823 kg (4,019 lb) |
| Unpressurised | 494 kg (1,089 lb) |
NASA SpX-5 mission patch | |
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