SpaceX CRS-13

CRS-13 Dragon attached to the ISS
Names	SpX-13
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	SpaceX
COSPAR ID	2017-080A
SATCATno.	43060
Mission duration	29 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Dragon 1 C108
Spacecraft type	Dragon 1
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Dry mass	4,200 kg (9,300 lb)
Dimensions	Height: 6.1 m (20 ft) Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft)
Start of mission
Launch date	15 December 2017, 15:36:09 (2017-12-15UTC15:36:09) UTC[1]
Rocket	Falcon 9 Full Thrust (B1035)[2]
Launch site	Cape Canaveral,SLC-40[2]
Contractor	SpaceX
End of mission
Disposal	Recovered
Landing date	13 January 2018, 15:37 (2018-01-13UTC15:38) UTC[3]
Landing site	Pacific Ocean offBaja California
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Inclination	51.6°
Berthing atISS
Berthing port	Harmony nadir
RMS capture	17 December 2017, 10:57 UTC[4]
Berthing date	17 December 2017, 13:26 UTC[5]
Unberthing date	12 January 2018, 10:47 UTC[6]
RMS release	13 January 2018, 09:58 UTC[7]
Time berthed	25 days, 21 hours, 21 minutes
Cargo
Mass	2,205 kg (4,861 lb)[8]
Pressurised	1,560 kg (3,439 lb)[8]
Unpressurised	645 kg (1,422 lb)[8]
NASA SpX-13 mission patch Commercial Resupply Services ← Cygnus OA-8E SpaceX CRS-14 → Cargo Dragon ← SpaceX CRS-12 SpaceX CRS-14 →

SpaceX CRS-13, also known asSpX-13, was aCommercial Resupply Service mission to theInternational Space Station launched on 15 December 2017.^[1] The mission was contracted byNASA and is flown bySpaceX. It was the second mission to successfully reuse aDragon capsule, previously flown onCRS-6.^[8][9] The first stage of theFalcon 9 Full Thrust rocket was the previously flown, "flight-proven" core fromCRS-11.^[8][10] The first stage returned to land atCape Canaveral'sLanding Zone 1 after separation of the first and second stage.^[11]

In early 2015, NASA awarded a contract extension to SpaceX for three CRS additional missions (CRS-13 toCRS-15).^[12] In June 2016, a NASA Inspector General report had this mission manifested for September 2017.^[13] The flight was then delayed from 13 September, 1 November, 4 December, 12 December, and 13 December 2017.^[14] SpaceX pushed off the launch to 15 December due to the detection ofparticulates in the second stage fuel system, taking the time to completely flush out the fuel and liquid oxygen tanks on the first and second stages as a precautionary measure.^[15][16]

The CRS-13 mission launched aboard aFalcon 9 Full Thrust rocket on 15 December 2017 at 15:36:09 UTC^[1] from theCape Canaveral Air Force StationSpace Launch Complex 40.^[2] TheDragon spacecraft rendezvoused with the International Space Station on 17 December 2017; the vehicle was captured by theCanadarm2 at 10:57 UTC^[4] and was berthed to theHarmony module's nadir docking port at 13:26 UTC.^[5] Dragon spent just under a month at the ISS: it was unberthed on 12 January 2018 at 10:47 UTC and was released from Canadarm2 on 13 January 2018 at 09:58 UTC.^[6][7] The spacecraft deorbited a few hours later, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at 15:37 UTC carrying 1,850 kg (4,078 lb) of equipment and science experiments.^[3]

NASA has contracted for the CRS-13 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date/time of launch, andorbital parameters for the Dragonspace capsule. CRS-13 carried a total of 2,205 kg (4,861 lb) of material into orbit. This includes 1,560 kg (3,439 lb) of pressurised cargo with packaging bound for the International Space Station, and 645 kg (1,422 lb) of unpressurised cargo composed of two external station experiments: the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS) and the Space Debris Sensor (SDS).^[8]

The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:^[8]

• Science investigations: 711 kg (1,567 lb)
• Crew supplies: 490 kg (1,080 lb)
• Vehicle hardware: 189 kg (417 lb)
• Spacewalk equipment: 165 kg (364 lb)
• Computer resources: 5 kg (11 lb)
• External payloads: 645 kg (1,422 lb)
  • Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS)
  • Space Debris Sensor (SDS)

• Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station
• List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
• 2017 in spaceflight

• Media related toSpaceX CRS-13 at Wikimedia Commons
• Dragon website at SpaceX.com
• Commercial Resupply Services at NASA.gov

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