SpaceX CRS-20
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SpaceX CRS-20 (CRS-20), also known as SpaceX-20, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 7 March 2020.[1] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using Dragon. This was SpaceX's last flight for Dragon 1 and concluded the NASA Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract extension.
Names | CRS-20 SpaceX-20 |
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Mission type | ISS resupply |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2020-016A |
SATCAT no. | 45341 |
Mission duration | 31 days, 13 hours, 59 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Dragon C112.3 |
Spacecraft type | Dragon CRS |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Dry mass | 4200 kg |
Dimensions | Height: 6.1 metre Diameter: 3.7 metre |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 7 March 2020, 04:50:31 UTC [1][2] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral, SLC-40 |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Recovered |
Landing date | 7 April 2020, 18:50 UTC [3] |
Landing site | Pacific Ocean |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Berthing with ISS | |
Berthing port | Harmony nadir[1] |
RMS capture | 9 March 2020, 10:25 UTC |
Berthing date | 9 March 2020, 12:18 UTC [1][2] |
Unberthing date | 7 April 2020, 10:30 UTC [1][3] |
RMS release | 7 April 2020, 13:06 UTC [3] |
Time berthed | 29 days |
Cargo | |
Mass | 1977 kg |
Pressurised | 1509 kg |
Unpressurised | 468 kg |
Fuel | 705 kg |
Gaseous | 50 kg |
Water | 420 kg |
SpaceX CRS-20 mission patch |
The twenty (20) missions by SpaceX under the CRS-1 contract carried more than 43,000 kg (94,000 pounds) of cargo to the International Space Station, and returned about 33,000 kg (74,000 pounds) of equipment and specimens to Earth, according to NASA.[4]
The second contract (CRS-2) was awarded in January 2016 and began with the SpaceX CRS-21 in December 2020 [5] using Dragon 2.
The Dragon capsule C112 used for CRS-20 previously flew to the ISS on CRS-10 and CRS-16.[6] It arrived at the ISS on 9 March 2020 at 10:25 UTC and was captured by the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm, the last capture of a Dragon with Canadarm2. Cargo Dragon 2 vehicles, which will replace Dragon 1, will dock directly at the space station.[7]
The 1st stage booster B1059 previously supported the CRS-19 mission.