Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35

Launch probability: 99%

35th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.

Mission type: Resupply · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Rocket: Falcon 9 · Provider: SpaceX

Timeline

Times are relative to liftoff (T 0:00) and follow the current launch time.

  1. 38 minutes before liftoff: GO for Prop Load Launch director verifies go for propellant load
  2. 35 minutes before liftoff: Prop Load Start of propelland loading
  3. 35 minutes before liftoff: Stage 1 LOX Load Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
  4. 16 minutes before liftoff: Stage 2 LOX Load Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
  5. 7 minutes before liftoff: Engine Chill Start of engine chilling
  6. 5 minutes before liftoff: Dragon Internal Power Dragon transitions to internal power
  7. 1 minute before liftoff: Tank Press Fuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
  8. 1 minute before liftoff: Startup The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
  9. 45 seconds before liftoff: GO for Launch Launch director verifies go for launch
  10. 3 seconds before liftoff: Ignition Start of the engine ignition sequence
  11. at liftoff: Liftoff First upwards movement of the rocket
  12. 1 minute 8 seconds after liftoff: Max-Q Maximum dynamic pressure
  13. 2 minutes 15 seconds after liftoff: MECO Cut-off of the main engine
  14. 2 minutes 18 seconds after liftoff: Stage 2 Separation Separation of the second stage from the first
  15. 2 minutes 22 seconds after liftoff: Stage 1 Flip Flip maneuver of the first stage
  16. 2 minutes 26 seconds after liftoff: SES-1 First start of the second engine
  17. 2 minutes 31 seconds after liftoff: Booster Boostback Burn Startup Start of the booster boostback burn
  18. 3 minutes 25 seconds after liftoff: Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown End of the booster boostback burn
  19. 5 minutes 58 seconds after liftoff: Entry Burn Startup Start of the atmospheric entry burn
  20. 6 minutes 6 seconds after liftoff: Entry Burn Shutdown End of the atmospheric entry burn
  21. 7 minutes 4 seconds after liftoff: Stage 1 Landing Burn Start of the first stage landing burn
  22. 7 minutes 21 seconds after liftoff: Stage 1 Landing Landing of the first stage
  23. 8 minutes 30 seconds after liftoff: SECO-1 First cut-off of the second engine
  24. 9 minutes 18 seconds after liftoff: Dragon Separation Dragon separates from the second stage
  25. 10 minutes 33 seconds after liftoff: Dragon Nosecode Open Start of the opening sequence of Dragon's nosecone

Launch pad

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)

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