Earth orbit
Dragon CRS-8
Dragon CRS-8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Dragon CRS-8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon program. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2016-024; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 8 April 2016, 20:43:31 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 11 May 2016
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Dragon CRS-8
GCAT program: Dragon.
- GCAT ID
- S41452
- Manufacturer
- SpaceX
- Launch mass
- 5,607 kg
- Dimensions
- 5.3 m long · 3.7 m diameter · 16.5 m span
BEAM
GCAT program: Bigelow.
- GCAT ID
- A08570
- Manufacturer
- Bigelow Aerospace
- Launch mass
- 1,413 kg
- Dimensions
- 3.7 m long · 3.2 m diameter · 3.7 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Dragon CRS-8.
Verification
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