GO Searcher
GO Searcher is a SpaceX Dragon recovery vessel.[2] It is one of the offshore supply ships operated by Guice Offshore.[3] The other identical ship is GO Navigator.[4]
GO Searcher is one of SpaceX’s two recovery ships is pictured in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast while awaiting the splashdown of the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. | |
History | |
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Owner: | Guice Offshore |
Operator: | Guice Offshore |
Builder: | Master Boat Builders, Coden, Alabama |
Launched: | 2009 |
Completed: | 2010 |
In service: | 2010 |
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Status: | In service |
Notes: | [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Platform supply vessel |
Tonnage: | |
Length: | 51.0 m (167 ft 4 in) |
Beam: | 12.0 m (39 ft 4 in) |
Draught: | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
Depth: | 3.6576 m (12 ft 0 in) |
Decks: | 1 |
Installed power: | 1,750 HP |
Propulsion: | 2 x CAT 3508B Industrial Diesel Engines |
Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
Capacity: | 32 |
Crew: | 6 |
Notes: | [1] |
History
GO Searcher is the primary recovery vessel for the SpaceX Dragon/Dragon 2 after the splashdown. Immediately after splashdown, fast small boats are launched to connect the capsule to the vessel, and the capsule is lifted on-board with the large lifting frame installed on the stern. The astronauts are now liberated, and NASA requires that this happens within 60 minutes of splashdown. Facilities onboard include a helipad, a medical treatment unit, and extensive radar communication equipment.[2][5]
Between April and May 2019, GO Searcher was temporarily re-assigned with GO Navigator to fairing recovery operations for the ArabSat-6A, and Starlink 0.9 missions.
Incidents
- According to United States Coast Guard, on May 9, 2020, while practicing recovering the Dragon 2 capsule when GO Searcher's crew pulled a man from the Atlantic Ocean.[6][7][8]
Gallery
- GO Searcher, in the Atlantic Ocean, about 200 miles off Florida’s east coast, on March 8, 2019
- SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft aboard the company’s recovery vessel, GO Searcher, following splashdown at 8:45 a.m. EST on March 8, 2019.
- On August 13, 2019, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, left, and Bob Behnken on GO Searcher, rehearsing Crew Dragon crew extraction with teams from NASA and SpaceX.
See Also
References
- "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel Go Searcher". VesselTracker. 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- "GO Searcher". SpaceXFleet. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- "GO SEARCHER Offshore Support Vessel". intelligence.marinelink.com. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- "Crew Dragon Recovery". SpaceXFleet. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- "Go Searcher – Commercial Crew Program". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- Mack, Eric. "SpaceX ship rescues boater while practicing for historic NASA mission off coast of Florida". CNET. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- Thompson, Amy (2020-05-10). "SpaceX recovery team rescues stranded boater during ocean recovery drills". TESLARATI. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- Speck, Emilee (2020-05-08). "Practicing retrieving astronaut spacecraft at sea, SpaceX vessel rescues stranded boater". WKMG. Retrieved 2020-06-01.