SpaceX CRS-9
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SpaceX Dragon during approach to ISS
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| Mission type | ISS resupply |
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| Operator | SpaceX |
| COSPAR ID | 2016-046A |
| SATCAT no. | 41672 |
| Mission duration | Final: 39 days, 11 hours, 3 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Dragon C11 |
| Spacecraft type | Dragon CRS |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Dry mass | 4,200 kg (9,300 lb) |
| Dimensions | Height: 7.2 m (24 ft) Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 18 July 2016, 04:44 UTC |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Full Thrust |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Recovered |
| Landing date | 26 August 2016, 15:47 UTC |
| Landing site | Pacific Ocean, 525 km (326 mi) SW of Baja |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Semi-major axis | 6,780.61 km (4,213.28 mi) |
| Eccentricity | 0.000214 |
| Perigee | 401.02 km (249.18 mi) |
| Apogee | 403.93 km (250.99 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6432° |
| Period | 92.62 minutes |
| Mean motion | 15.5488 rev/day |
| Epoch | 25 July 2016, 12:53:58 UTC |
| Berthing at ISS | |
| Berthing port | Harmony nadir |
| RMS capture | 20 July 2016, 10:56 UTC |
| Berthing date | 20 July 2016, 14:03 UTC |
| Unberthing date | 25 August 2016, 21:00 UTC |
| RMS release | 26 August 2016, 10:11 UTC |
| Time berthed | 36 days, 6 hours, 57 minutes |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2,257 kg (4,975.8 lb) |
| Pressurised | 1,790 kg (3,946.3 lb) |
| Unpressurised | 467 kg (1,029.5 lb) |
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NASA SpX-9 mission patch
SpaceX CRS-9, also known as SpX-9, is a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station which launched on 18 July 2016. The mission was contracted by NASA and is operated by SpaceX.
The cargo was successfully carried aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 Flight 27.
A July 2014 NASA Flight Planning Integration Panel (FPIP) presentation had this mission scheduled no earlier than (NET) 7 December 2015. By December 2014, the launch had been pushed back to NET 9 December 2015. Following the failure of SpaceX CRS-7 on 28 June 2015, the launch date was left open and, in September 2015, was moved to NET 21 March 2016. The flight was later pushed to 24 June, 27 June, 16 July, and finally 18 July 2016, as the crewed mission Soyuz MS-01 took the 24 June slot.
CRS-9 launched on 18 July 2016 at 04:44 UTC from Cape Canaveral SLC-40 aboard a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. After 9 minutes and 37 seconds the Dragon spacecraft successfully separated from the rocket, and deployed its solar arrays about two minutes later. The opening of its GNC door came two hours later, enabling orbital operations.
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