SpaceX F9 - CRS-26 - LC-39A

[Grendal]

Launch Date: November 26
Launch Window: 2:20pm EST (11:20pm PST, 19:20 UTC)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Booster Recovery: ASDS - JRTI
Booster Type: B1076.1
Orbit: ISS in LEO
Mass: 9,525 kg (20,999 lb) for Dragon (C211 - New)
Dragon Return - 8/20/22
Yearly Launch Number: 54th

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The flight is the 26th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

SpaceX CRS-26 - Wikipedia

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Cargo Dragon C211 - Wikipedia

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[Grendal]

Updated - Now the 54th launch.

 

[Grendal]

SpaceX to launch last new cargo Dragon spacecraft - SpaceNews

A SpaceX Dragon launching soon to the International Space Station is the last cargo version of the spacecraft the company expects to build.

spacenews.com

 

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[Grendal]

Likely delayed - weather is terrible.

 

[Electroman]

The weather is what only for about the first 10 to 15 kms? Maybe 20 seconds of flight after lift off? Maybe they should launch one to see what is the impact? maybe nothing? On the other hand landing the booster might be quite tricky

 

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[Mike1080i]

The weather is what only for about the first 10 to 15 kms? Maybe 20 seconds of flight after lift off? Maybe they should launch one to see what is the impact? maybe nothing? On the other hand landing the booster might be quite tricky

No need to launch to see what the impact could be. For example Apollo 12 and Atlas Centaur AC-67 are the lessons in triggered lightning. While 12 did make it to the moon, AC-67 failed at 48 seconds after launch with the loss of launch vehicle and payload.

 

[Grendal]

NASA's version of the scrubbed launch - lots of details of what's on board:

 

[HVM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596588903372161024

#CRS26's
@SpaceX
Dragon spacecraft has separated from its Falcon 9 rocket and is now on its way to the
@Space_Station
. Tune in for docking coverage beginning at 6am EST (1100 UTC) on Sunday, Nov. 27: http://go.nasa.gov/3EINbUl

 

[Grendal]

This was the last of the six "add-on" missions awarded in 2015. Next up is the three additional CRS missions awarded in December 2020. SpaceX will also carry the Cygnus Enhanced for three resupply missions for Northrup Grumman while they re-develop the Antares Rocket with Firefly. Lastly, SpaceX has six more CRS additional missions awarded. Which will continue their CRS program through 2026 and CRS-35.

 

[Grendal]

ISS is busy:

 

[bxr140]

The weather is what only for about the first 10 to 15 kms? Maybe 20 seconds of flight after lift off? Maybe they should launch one to see what is the impact?

Would be tough getting that logic past the range.

Lightning is of course a non-starter, but winds are a major problem too. There’s only so much control the vehicle has over itself, and that problem is worse at lower altitudes where the thing is moving slower and can’t as easily overcome cross and especially turbulent winds.

Tangent random thought, it will be interesting to see if the additional control surfaces on the next gen launchers (Starship, NG, Neutron, Terran R) could do anything to push mission rules like wind.

 

[Electroman]

ISS is busy:
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Interesting to see all other ships have solar panels, but not Dragon !

 

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[ecarfan]

I think this SpaceX tweet is about this CRS mission?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1613218207682416645