Please make a donation to support Gunter's Space Page.
Thank you very much for visiting Gunter's Space Page. I hope that this site is useful and informative for you.
If you appreciate the information provided on this site, please consider supporting my work by making a simple and secure donation via PayPal. Please help to run the website and keep everything free of charge. Thank you very much.

Dragon CRS-21,... CRS-35 (SpX 21,... 35)

Cargo Dragon CRS-21 [SpaceX]

Cargo Dragon CRS-21 [NASA]

The second generation Dragon cargo vehicle is a space capsule designed by SpaceX to provide supplies to the International space station based on the crewed Crew Dragon capsule.

The Dragon spacecraft is made up of a pressurized capsule and unpressurized trunk used for Earth to LEO transport of pressurized cargo, unpressurized cargo, and/or crew members. Initiated internally by SpaceX in 2005, Dragon will be utilized to fulfill the NASA COTS contract for demonstration of cargo re-supply of the ISS.

The Dragon capsule is comprised of three main elements: the Nosecone, which protects the vessel and the docking adaptor during ascent; the Pressurized Section, which houses the crew and/or pressurized cargo; and the Service Section, which contains avionics, the RCS system, parachutes, and other support infrastructure. In addition an unpressurized trunk is included, which provides for the stowage of unpressurized cargo and will support Dragon's solar arrays and thermal radiators.

The second generation Cargo Dragon is similar to the Crew Dragon version, but has reduced life support systems, no Super Drago abort engines and only two fins. Contrary to the first generation Dragon which were berthed at the ISS using the station's robotic arm, the second generation Cargo Dragons actively dock with the ISS.

Under the CRS-2 selction in January 2015 Dragon was selected for a minimum of six missions. In December 2020, three more were announced.

Nation: USA
Type / Application: Supply and return
Operator: SpaceX
Contractors: SpaceX
Equipment:
Configuration:
Propulsion: 18 Draco thrusters
Power: 2 fixed solar arrays, solar cells, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass:
Orbit: 400 km × 400 km, 51.6° (typical)
Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
Dragon CRS-21 (SpX 21, Dragon C208-F1) 2020-093A 06.12.2020 CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Bishop
Dragon CRS-22 (SpX 22, Dragon C209-F1) 2021-048A 03.06.2021 CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with iROSA 2B, iROSA 4B, SOAR, RamSat, MIR-Sat 1, G-Satellite 2
Dragon CRS-23 (SpX 23, Dragon C208-F2) 2021-078A 29.08.2021 CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with CAPSat, PR_CuNaR 2, SPACE-HAUC, CUAVA 1, Binar 1, Maya 3, Maya 4
Dragon CRS-24 (SpX 24, Dragon C209-F2) 2021-127A 21.12.2021 CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with STP-H7, STP-H8, DAILI, PATCOOL, TARGIT, GASPACS, Light 1, GT 1, FEES 2
Dragon CRS-25 (SpX 25, Dragon C208-F3) 2022-081A 15.07.2022 CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with EMIT, BeaverCube, CLICK A, D3, JAGSAT 1, CapSat 1, FUTABA, HSU-SAT 1, TUMnanoSAT
Dragon CRS-26 (SpX 26, Dragon C211-F1) 2022-159A 26.11.2022 CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with iROSA 3A, 4A, PetitSat, SPORT, MARIO, TJREVERB, DANTESat, NUTSat, LORIS, ORCASat, HSKSAT, Optimal 1, SS 1
Dragon CRS-27 (SpX 27, Dragon C209-F3) 2023-033A 15.03.2023 CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with STP-H9, ARKSAT 1, LightCube, Ex-Alta 2, AuroraSat, YukonSat, NEUDOSE
Dragon CRS-28 (SpX 28, Dragon C208-F4) 2023-080A 05.06.2023 CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with iROSA 1A, iROSA 1B, Moonlighter, ESSENCE, Iris, RADSAT-SK, SC-ODIN, Ukpik 1, Maya 5, 6
Dragon CRS-29 (SpX 29, Dragon C211-F2) 2023-173A 10.11.2023 CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with AWE, ILLUMA-T, BEAK, Clark-sat 1
Dragon CRS-30 (SpX 30, Dragon C209-F4) - 2024 CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with BLAST, Burstcube, HyTI, SNoOPI, Big Red Sat 1, Killick 1, QMSat, VIOLET
Dragon CRS-31 (SpX 31) - 2024 CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Dragon CRS-32 (SpX 32) - 2024 CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Dragon CRS-33 (SpX 33) - 202x CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Dragon CRS-34 (SpX 34) - 202x CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Dragon CRS-35 (SpX 35) - 202x CCK LC-39A Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)

References:

Cite this page: