SpaceX CRS-16

SpaceX CRS-16
Artist rendering of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft being berthed to ISS
Mission type ISS resupply
Operator SpaceX
Mission duration Planned: 1 month
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type CRS Dragon
Manufacturer SpaceX
Dry mass 4,200 kg (9,300 lb)
Dimensions Height: 6.1 m (20 ft)
Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft)
Start of mission
Launch date Planned: 1 December 2018 (2018-12)[1]
Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-40
Contractor SpaceX
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6°
Epoch Planned
Berthing at ISS
Berthing port Harmony nadir or Unity nadir
RMS capture Planned: December 2018
Berthing date Planned: December 2018


NASA SpX-16 mission patch

SpaceX CRS-16, also known as SpX-16, is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch on 1 December 2018 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.[1] The mission was contracted by NASA and is flown by SpaceX.

Launch schedule history

On February 2016, it was announced that NASA had awarded a contract extension to SpaceX for five additional CRS missions (CRS-16 to CRS-20).[2] As of June 2016, a NASA Inspector General report had this mission manifested for August 2018,[3] but it was later delayed to 29 November,[4] then to 1 December 2018.[1]

Primary payload

NASA has contracted for the CRS-16 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date/time of launch, and orbital parameters for the Dragon space capsule. It will carry the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation lidar (GEDI) as an external payload.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pietrobon, Steven (31 August 2018). "United States Commercial LV Launch Manifest". Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. ↑ de Selding, Peter B. (24 February 2016). "SpaceX wins 5 new space station cargo missions in NASA contract estimated at $700 million". Space News. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  3. ↑ NASA Office of Inspector General (28 June 2016). NASA’s Response to SpaceX’s June 2015 Launch Failure: Impacts on Commercial Resupply of the International Space Station (PDF) (Report). NASA Office of Inspector General. p. 13. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Launch Schedule". Spaceflight Now. 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 1 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Platnick, Steve (May–June 2018). "Editor's Corner" (PDF). The Earth Observer. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. 30 (3): 3.

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