Launch Failure
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14:21:11
Sunday June 28, 2015
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An overpressure event in the second stage caused the vehicle to fail during first stage flight at T+139 seconds. While Dragon survived the initial explosion, it impacted the Atlantic Ocean at high speed due to its flight software not accounting for this mode of failure, resulting in the parachutes not deploying.
SpaceX CRS-7, also known as SpX-7, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station contracted to NASA. It was planned to be berthed to the ISS for a 30 day mission, however, a failure in the Falcon 9 launch vehicle destroyed the vehicle in flight. 1,925kg of cargo were planned to be brought to the station, including IDA-1 (International Docking Adapter-1) which would be placed on one of the US Segment’s 2 Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMA) to adapt its docking system for future US crewed vehicles. This mission was flown by Dragon C109-1.
Low Earth Orbit
1,867 kilograms
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$56.50 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 68.4m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 13,150 kg
GTO: 4,850 kg
Liftoff Thrust
5,885 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
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Mission
6th
Mission of 2015
24th
Mission
6th
Mission of 2015
33rd
Orbital launch attempt