SpaceX CRS-5
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CRS-5 Dragon on approach to the ISS
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| Mission type | ISS resupply |
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| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2015-001A |
| SATCAT no. | 40370 |
| Mission duration | Planned: 1 month Elapsed: 32 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| 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 |
| Landing date | 11 February 2015, 00:44 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | 410 km (250 mi) |
| Apogee | 418 km (260 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.65 degrees |
| Period | 92.71 minutes |
| Epoch | 12 January 2015, 09:01:38 UTC |
| 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 |
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NASA SpX-5 mission patch
SpaceX CRS-5, also known as SpX-5, was a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, 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.
By July 2014, the launch was scheduled by NASA for "no earlier than" December 2014, with docking to the station projected to occur two days after launch. Originally scheduled for a 16 December 2014, launch, the mission was changed to 19 December 2014, in order to give SpaceX more preparation time for a successful launch. The launch was postponed again to NET 6 January 2015, in order to allow more tests before committing to a firm launch date.
On 6 January 2015, the launch attempt was placed on hold at 1 minute 21 seconds prior to scheduled lift-off after a member of the launch team noticed actuator drift on one of two thrust vector control systems of the Falcon 9 second stage engine. As this launch had an instantaneous launch window, meaning no delays are possible in the launch sequence, the flight was postponed to 9 January 2015. On 7 January, the flight was rescheduled for 10 January 2015.
The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the CRS-5 Dragon spacecraft successfully launched on 10 January 2015 at 9:47 UTC. Dragon reached the station on 12 January. It was grappled by the Space Station Remote Manipulator System at 10:54 UTC and berthed to the Harmony module at 13:56 UTC.
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