SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2
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SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 was the 2012 mission in which SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft became the first commercial vehicle to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 canonical | 2 |
| Dragon C2+ (as earlier Dragon demo to ISS) | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services mission
ⓘ
orbital spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
COTS Demo Flight 2
ⓘ
surface form:
COTS 2
COTS 2+ mission ⓘ |
| berthingDate | 2012-05-25 ⓘ |
| berthingMechanism | Common Berthing Mechanism ⓘ |
| berthingTarget | Harmony module nadir port ⓘ |
| cargoType |
pressurized cargo
ⓘ
unpressurized cargo ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewOnSpacecraft | none ⓘ |
| customer | NASA ⓘ |
| destination | International Space Station ⓘ |
| firstOf |
first commercial spacecraft to berth with the International Space Station
ⓘ
first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous with the International Space Station ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1)
ⓘ
surface form:
SpaceX CRS-1
|
| issExpedition | Expedition 31 ⓘ |
| issVisitingVehicle | Dragon ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| launchDate | 2012-05-22 ⓘ |
| launchDateTimeUTC | 2012-05-22T07:44:38Z ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Space Launch Complex 40
ⓘ
surface form:
CCAFS SLC-40
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Falcon 9 rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Falcon 9
|
| launchVehicleVersion |
Falcon 9 rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Falcon 9 v1.0
|
| missionDuration | 9 days ⓘ |
| missionEnd | 2012-05-31 ⓘ |
| missionName | COTS Demo Flight 2 ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
demonstrate cargo delivery and return capabilities for NASA COTS
ⓘ
demonstrate rendezvous and berthing capabilities with the ISS ⓘ |
| missionStart | 2012-05-22 ⓘ |
| missionSuccess | true ⓘ |
| missionType | uncrewed cargo demonstration flight ⓘ |
| operator | SpaceX ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| precededBy | SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 ⓘ |
| program |
COTS
ⓘ
NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program ⓘ
surface form:
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
|
| reentryType | controlled reentry ⓘ |
| rendezvousWith | International Space Station ⓘ |
| returnCapability | downmass return to Earth ⓘ |
| significance | validated SpaceX capability for ISS cargo resupply under NASA commercial program ⓘ |
| spaceAgencyPartner | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Dragon C2+ spacecraft ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Dragon cargo spacecraft ⓘ |
| splashdownDate | 2012-05-31 ⓘ |
| splashdownLocation | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| targetOrbit | ISS orbit ⓘ |
| unberthingDate | 2012-05-31 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dragon C2+ (as earlier Dragon demo to ISS)