C1 mission
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The C1 mission, formally known as COTS Demo Flight 1, was SpaceX’s first demonstration flight of its Dragon spacecraft under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program to validate cargo transport capabilities to low Earth orbit.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA COTS demonstration flight
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SpaceX mission ⓘ orbital spaceflight ⓘ spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| agency | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
COTS Demo Flight 1
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SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cargo | non-NASA payloads and test cargo ⓘ |
| contractor | SpaceX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crew | uncrewed ⓘ |
| customer | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demonstratedCapability |
controlled deorbit and reentry
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ocean splashdown and recovery ⓘ on-orbit operations ⓘ orbital insertion ⓘ |
| duration | about 3 hours 19 minutes ⓘ |
| firstOf |
first NASA COTS demonstration mission by SpaceX
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first orbital flight of Dragon spacecraft ⓘ |
| followedBy | C2+ mission ⓘ |
| fundingAgency | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landing | splashdown ⓘ |
| landingCountry | international waters ⓘ |
| landingSite | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| launchDate | 2010-12-08 ⓘ |
| launchDateTimeUTC | 2010-12-08T15:43:00Z ⓘ |
| launchSite |
CCAFS SLC-40
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchState | Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Falcon 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicleManufacturer | SpaceX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicleVersion | Falcon 9 v1.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
cargo demonstration
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orbital test flight ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first privately developed spacecraft recovered from orbit ⓘ |
| operator | SpaceX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| precededBy | Falcon 9 Flight 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
demonstrate cargo transport capability to low Earth orbit
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test Dragon reentry and recovery ⓘ validate Dragon spacecraft performance in orbit ⓘ |
| program |
COTS
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Commercial Orbital Transportation Services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveredBy | SpaceX recovery team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentry | yes ⓘ |
| relatedProgram | Commercial Resupply Services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Dragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftManufacturer | SpaceX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Dragon 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| success | true ⓘ |
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