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SpaceX/Falcon 9 Block 5·Launch Complex 39A

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-22

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit·Type: Resupply

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-22 mission image
Vehicle: Falcon 9 Block 5Credit: SpaceX · Wikimedia Commons

SpaceX will launch the second cargo variant of its Dragon 2 spacecraft on their 22nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Dragon will be filled with supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.

Target orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Mission type
Resupply
Rocket family
Falcon
Height
70m
Diameter
3.7m
Payload to LEO
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
Stages
2