SpaceX CRS-23
On 30 August 2021, CRS-23 approaches the ISS for an autonomous docking to the Harmony module's forward international docking adapter. | |
| Names | SpX-23 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| COSPAR ID | 2021-078A |
| SATCAT no. | 49117 |
| Mission duration | 32 days, 19 hours, 42 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Cargo Dragon C208 |
| Spacecraft type | Cargo Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Launch mass | 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) |
| Payload mass | 2,207 kg (4,866 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 29 August 2021, 07:14:49 UTC |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 B1061-4 |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | MV GO Searcher |
| Landing date | 1 October 2021, 02:57 UTC |
| Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with International Space Station | |
| Docking port | Harmony forward |
| Docking date | 30 August 2021, 14:30 UTC |
| Undocking date | 30 September 2021, 13:12 UTC |
| Time docked | 30 days, 22 hours, 42 minutes |
SpaceX CRS-23 mission patch | |
SpaceX CRS-23, also known as SpX-23, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station, successfully launched on 29 August 2021 and docking the following day. The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using the Cargo Dragon C208. This was the third flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016. It was the second mission for this reusable capsule.
Along with SpaceX Crew-2 (Endeavour) and Inspiration4 (Resilience), C208 was one of three SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft in space simultaneously from 15 to 18 September 2021.