2017 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS
"CRS-11" redirects here. For the Northrop Grumman CRS-11 mission, see
Cygnus NG-11
.
SpaceX CRS-11
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Names
| SpX-11
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Mission type
| ISS
Resupply
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Operator
| SpaceX
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COSPAR ID
| 2017-030A
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SATCAT
no.
| 42744
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Mission duration
| 29 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes (achieved)
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Spacecraft
| Dragon C106.2
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Spacecraft type
| CRS Dragon
[
broken anchor
]
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Manufacturer
| SpaceX
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Dry mass
| 4,200 kg (9,300 lb)
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Dimensions
| Height: 6.1 m (20 ft)
Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft)
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Launch date
| 3 June 2017, 21:07:38
UTC
[1]
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Rocket
| Falcon 9 Full Thrust
,
B1035.1
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Launch site
| Kennedy Space Center
,
LC-39A
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Contractor
| SpaceX
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Recovered by
| GO Searcher
(Shannon)
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Landing date
| 3 July 2017, 12:12 UTC
[2]
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Landing site
| Pacific Ocean
,
off
Baja California
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Reference system
| Geocentric orbit
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Regime
| Low Earth orbit
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Inclination
| 51.66°
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Berthing port
| Harmony
nadir
[1]
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RMS
capture
| 5 June 2017, 13:52 UTC
[3]
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Berthing date
| 5 June 2017, 16:07 UTC
[4]
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Unberthing date
| 2 July 2017, ?18:00 UTC
[5]
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RMS release
| 3 July 2017, 06:41 UTC
[2]
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Time berthed
| 27 days, 1 hour, 53 minutes
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Mass
| 2,708 kg (5,970 lb)
[6]
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Pressurised
| 1,665 kg (3,671 lb)
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Unpressurised
| 1,002 kg (2,209 lb)
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SpaceX CRS-11 mission patch
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SpaceX CRS-11
, also known as
SpX-11
, was a
Commercial Resupply Service mission
to the
International Space Station
, launched successfully on 3 June 2017. The mission was contracted by
NASA
and was flown by
SpaceX
. The mission utilized a
Falcon 9
launch vehicle and was the first reuse of
C106
, a
CRS Dragon
cargo vessel that was previously flown on the
CRS-4
mission.
CRS-11 was the penultimate of the first twelve missions awarded to SpaceX under the
Commercial Resupply Services
contract to resupply the International Space Station.
Rocket and spacecraft
[
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]
The CRS-11 mission was the first time that a Dragon spacecraft has been reused, helping SpaceX to scale back its production line and shift focus to
Dragon 2
.
[7]
CRS-11 launched aboard a Falcon 9 launch vehicle on 3 June 2017 at 21:07:38
UTC
from
Kennedy Space Center
's
Launch Complex 39A
(LC-39A).
[1]
The spacecraft rendezvoused with the station on 5 June 2017 and conducted a series of orbit adjustment burns to match speed, altitude, and orientation with the ISS. After arriving at the capture point at 13:37 UTC, the vehicle was snared at 13:52 UTC by the
Canadarm2
, operated by
Peggy Whitson
and
Jack Fischer
.
[8]
It was berthed to the
Harmony
module at 16:07 UTC.
[4]
The Falcon 9 first stage landed successfully on
Landing Zone 1
, making it the fifth successful touch down on land and the 11th overall.
[9]
The CRS-11 Dragon remained attached to the ISS for just over 27 days. Having been filled with around 2,708 kg (5,970 lb) of cargo,
[10]
Dragon was unberthed from the station on 2 July 2017 at approximately 18:00 UTC.
[5]
It was moved to its release position by Canadarm2, but poor sea conditions forced a delay to the following day.
[11]
On 3 July 2017, at 06:41 UTC, crew members commanded Canadarm2 to release Dragon, and soon after the spacecraft began a series of thruster firings to move it away from the station.
[11]
About five hours after departing from ISS, Dragon closed its
guidance, navigation, and control
(GNC) bay door and conducted a 10-minute deorbit burn. Immediately after, the spacecraft jettisoned its cargo trunk and oriented itself for reentry. Dragon splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off
Baja California
at 12:12 UTC.
[2]
Payload
[
edit
]
NASA has contracted for the CRS-11 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date/time of launch, and
orbital parameters
for the Dragon
space capsule
. CRS-11 carried a total of 2,708 kg (5,970 lb) of material into orbit. This included 1,665 kg (3,671 lb) of pressurised cargo with packaging bound for the International Space Station, and 1,002 kg (2,209 lb) of unpressurised cargo composed of three external station experiments:
Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer
(NICER), MUSES and
Roll Out Solar Array
(ROSA).
[6]
[12]
The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:
[6]
- Science investigations: 1,069 kg (2,357 lb)
- Crew supplies: 242 kg (534 lb)
- Vehicle hardware: 199 kg (439 lb)
- Spacewalk equipment: 56 kg (123 lb)
- Computer resources: 27 kg (60 lb)
- External payloads:
A constellation of five
CubeSats
was also carried on the mission as part of
Birds-1
, one each from the countries of
Japan
,
Nigeria
,
Bangladesh
,
Ghana
, and
Mongolia
. The satellites from Bangladesh (
BRAC ONNESHA
), Ghana (
GhanaSat-1
), and Mongolia (
Mazaalai
) were those countries' first satellites in space.
[15]
Gallery
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]
See also
[
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]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
a
b
c
Clark, Stephen (3 June 2017).
"Reused Dragon cargo capsule launched on journey to space station"
. Spaceflight Now
. Retrieved
3 June
2017
.
- ^
a
b
c
Richardson, Derek (3 July 2017).
"Dragon splashes down in Pacific with time-critical experiments"
. Spaceflight Insider
. Retrieved
3 July
2017
.
- ^
Clark, Stephen (5 June 2017).
"Dragon supply ship delivers to space station for second time"
. Spaceflight Now
. Retrieved
5 June
2017
.
- ^
a
b
Garcia, Mark (5 June 2017).
"Dragon Attached to Station for Cargo Transfers"
. NASA
. Retrieved
5 June
2017
.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain
.
- ^
a
b
McDowell, Jonathan (2 July 2017).
"The Space Report"
. No. 739. Jonathan's Space Report. Archived from
the original
on 1 March 2018
. Retrieved
3 July
2017
.
- ^
a
b
c
"SpaceX CRS-11 Mission Overview"
(PDF)
. NASA
. Retrieved
3 June
2017
.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain
.
- ^
Foust, Jeff (14 October 2016).
"SpaceX to reuse Dragon capsules on cargo missions"
. SpaceNews.
- ^
Gebhardt, Chris (5 June 2017).
"SpaceX's CRS-11 Dragon captured by Station for a second time"
. NASASpaceFlight.com
. Retrieved
5 June
2017
.
- ^
O'Kane, Sean (6 June 2017).
"Watch SpaceX's most recent beachside rocket landing in 4K"
.
The Verge
.
- ^
Clark, Stephen (3 July 2017).
"Live coverage: SpaceX's Dragon supply ship ends month-long mission"
. Spaceflight Now
. Retrieved
3 July
2017
.
- ^
a
b
Gebhardt, Chris (3 July 2017).
"Reused Dragon returns to Earth after month-long science bonanza"
. NASASpaceFlight.com
. Retrieved
3 July
2017
.
- ^
Clark, Stephen (3 June 2017).
"Cargo manifest for SpaceX's 11th resupply mission to the space station"
. Spaceflight Now
. Retrieved
3 June
2017
.
- ^
Philman, Amber N.; Griffin, Amanda; Hambleton, Kathryn (25 May 2017).
"SpaceX CRS-11 Briefings and Events"
. NASA
. Retrieved
15 August
2017
.
- ^
"Advanced Plant Habitat (Plant Habitat)"
. NASA. 19 July 2017
. Retrieved
15 August
2017
.
- ^
"BIRDS-1 constellation of five CubeSats deployed"
. AMSAT UK. 7 July 2017
. Retrieved
8 July
2017
.
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