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SpaceX CRS-20
Artist rendering of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft being berthed to ISS
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorSpaceX
COSPAR ID2020-016A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.45341Edit this on Wikidata
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftDragon C22
Spacecraft typeDragon CRS
ManufacturerSpaceX
Dry mass4,200 kg (9,300 lb)
DimensionsHeight: 6.1 m (20 ft)
Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft)
Start of mission
Launch dateMarch 1, 2020 (planned)[1]
RocketFalcon 9
Launch siteCape Canaveral SLC-40
ContractorSpaceX
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.6°
Berthing at ISS
Berthing portHarmony nadir or Unity nadir
RMS capture2020 (planned)
Berthing date2020 (planned)
SpaceX CRS-20 mission patch
SpaceX CRS-20 mission patch

SpaceX CRS-20, also known as SpX-20, is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station planned to be launched in March 2020.[1] The mission is contracted by NASA and will be flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon. This will be the last flight for SpaceX under the first phase of NASA's CRS-1 contract. A second phase was awarded in January 2016 and is expected to begin in 2020.

Launch schedule history

On February 2016, it was announced that NASA had awarded a contract extension to SpaceX for five CRS additional missions (CRS-16 to CRS-20).[2] On June 2016, NASA Inspector General report had this mission manifested for 2019,[3] but by June 2019 the launch had been pushed back to March 2020.[1] Exceptionally, anticoagulants will be sent to treat thrombosis of an astronaut in the ISS.

Primary payload

NASA contracted for the CRS-20 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date of launch, and orbital parameters for the Cargo Dragon. According to a 2016 presentation, the external payload manifested for this flights is GEROS-ISS, which stands for GNSS reflectometry, radio occultation and scatterometry on board the International Space Station.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Launch Schedule - Spaceflight Now". Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  2. ^ de Selding, Peter B. (24 February 2016). "SpaceX wins 5 new space station cargo missions in NASA contract estimated at $700 million". Space News. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  3. ^ NASA Office of Inspector General (June 28, 2016). NASA’s Response to SpaceX’s June 2015 Launch Failure: Impacts on Commercial Resupply of the International Space Station (PDF) (Report). NASA Office of Inspector General. p. 13. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  4. ^ Kenol, Jules; Love, John (May 17, 2016). Research Capability of ISS for a Wide Spectrum of Science Disciplines, Including Materials Science (PDF). Materials in the Space Environment Workshop, Italian Space Agency, Rome.
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