SpaceX CRS-20

SpaceX CRS-20
Artist rendering of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft being berthed to ISS
Mission type ISS resupply
Operator SpaceX
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Dragon C22
Spacecraft type Dragon CRS
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 January 2020 (planned)[1]
Rocket Falcon 9
Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-40
Contractor SpaceX
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6 degrees
Epoch Planned
Berthing at ISS
Berthing port Harmony nadir or Unity nadir
RMS capture 2020 (planned)
Berthing date 2020 (planned)

SpaceX CRS-20, also known as SpX-20, is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station planned to be launched in January 2020.[1] The mission was contracted by NASA and is flown by SpaceX using a Dragon capsule. This will be the last flight for SpaceX under the first phase of NASA's Commercial Resupply Services. A second phase was awarded in January 2016 and expected to begin in 2019.

Launch schedule history

On February 2016, it was announced that NASA had awarded a contract extension to SpaceX for five CRS additional missions (CRS-16 to CRS-20).[2] A June 2016 NASA Inspector General report had this mission manifested for 2019,[3] but by February 2018 the launch had been pushed back to January 2020.[1]

Primary payload

NASA contracted for the CRS-20 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date of launch, and orbital parameters for the Dragon space capsule. According to a 2016 presentation, the external payload manifested for this flights is GEROS.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "International Space Station Calendar". February 24, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 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 (June 28, 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 2016-07-18.
  4. ↑ Kenol, Jules; Love, John (May 17, 2016). Research Capability of ISS for a Wide Spectrum of Science Disciplines, Including Materials Science (PDF). Materials in the Space Environment Workshop, Italian Space Agency, Rome.
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