Earth orbit
Polaris Dawn
Polaris Dawn is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon 2 program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
View in 3D map ↗The mission
Polaris Dawn is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon 2 program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2024-161; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 10 September 2024, 09:23:49 UTC
- Launch location
- NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Polaris Dawn mission on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 9:23 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2024-161
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Sep 10, 2024, 09:23 UTC
- Target T-0
- Not published
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Sep 10 2024
- Pad and location
- LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center
Launch media
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 15 September 2024
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Polaris Dawn
GCAT program: Dragon 2.
- GCAT ID
- S61042
- Manufacturer
- SpaceX
- Launch mass
- 10,700 kg
- Dimensions
- 4.9 m long · 4 m diameter · 4.9 m span
Gallery
One image from Polaris Dawn.
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