Dragonfly

Liftoff Time

No Earlier Than July 5, 2028

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Mission Details

Launch Notes

Dragonfly's launch window is open from July 5th through July 25th

Dragonfly

Wiki

NASA's Dragonfly mission will fly to dozens of promising locations on Titan looking for prebiotic chemical processes common on both Titan and Earth. Dragonfly marks the first time NASA will fly a multi-rotor vehicle for science on another planet; it has eight rotors and flies like a large drone. It will take advantage of Titan’s dense atmosphere – four times denser than Earth’s – to become the first vehicle ever to fly its entire science payload to new places for repeatable and targeted access to surface materials.

Heliocentric Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
Falcon Heavy

Active Since 2018

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Agency

SpaceX

Price

$97.00 million

Rocket

Height: 70m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 63,800 kg

GTO: 26,700 kg

Liftoff Thrust

22,819 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 13m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

LC-39A

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

5 days 6 hours

Stats

Falcon Heavy


12th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2028

SpaceX


553rd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2028