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SpaceX CRS-19

{{Short description|2019 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| auto = all

| name = SpaceX CRS-19

| image = ISS061-E-69105 - View of Earth (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = Dragon C106.3 approaches the ISS

| names_list = SpX-19

| mission_type = ISS resupply

| operator = SpaceX

| mission_duration = {{time interval|5 December 2019 17:29:24|7 January 2020 15:42|show=dhm|sep=,}}

| spacecraft = {{ComV|Dragon|106|full=nolink}}

| spacecraft_type = Dragon 1

| manufacturer = SpaceX

| dry_mass = {{convert|4200|kg|abbr=on}}

| dimensions = Height: {{cvt|6.1|m}}
Diameter: {{cvt|3.7|m}}

| launch_date = {{start-date|5 December 2019, 17:29:24}} UTC{{cite news |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/05/dragon-soars-on-research-and-resupply-flight-to-international-space-station/ |title=Dragon soars on research and resupply flight to International Space Station |work=Spaceflight Now |first=Stephen |last=Clark |date=5 December 2019 |access-date=19 October 2020}}

| launch_rocket = Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1059.1)

| launch_site = Cape Canaveral, SLC-40

| disposal_type = Recovered

| landing_date = {{end-date|7 January 2020, 15:42}} UTC{{cite news |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/07/dragon-cargo-capsule-brings-home-space-station-science-experiments/ |title=Dragon cargo capsule brings home space station science experiments |work=Spaceflight Now |first=Stephen |last=Clark |date=7 January 2020 |access-date=19 October 2020}}

| landing_site = Pacific Ocean

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

| orbit_periapsis =

| orbit_apoapsis =

| orbit_inclination = 51.6°

| orbit_period =

| orbit_epoch =

| apsis = gee

| docking = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = ISS

| docking_type = berth

| docking_port = Harmony nadir{{cite web |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/12/08/dragon-attached-to-station-for-month-long-stay/ |title=Dragon Attached to Station for Month-Long Stay |publisher=NASA |first=Mark |last=Garcia |date=8 December 2019 |access-date=19 October 2020}}

| capture_date = 8 December 2019, 10:05 UTC{{cite web |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/12/08/astronauts-capture-dragon-filled-with-brand-new-science/ |title=Astronauts Capture Dragon Filled With Brand New Science |publisher=NASA |first=Mark |last=Garcia |date=8 December 2019 |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023124052/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/12/08/astronauts-capture-dragon-filled-with-brand-new-science/ |url-status=dead }}

| docking_date = 8 December 2019, 12:47 UTC

| undocking_date = 7 January 2020, 08:41 UTC

| release_date = 7 January 2020, 10:05 UTC

| time_docked = {{time interval|8 December 2019 12:47|7 January 2020 08:41|show=dhm|sep=,}}

}}

| cargo_mass = {{convert|5769|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs-19_mission_overview.pdf |title=Overview: SpaceX CRS-19 Mission |publisher=NASA |access-date=19 October 2020}}

| cargo_mass_press = {{convert|3732|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=on}}

| cargo_mass_unpress = {{convert|2037|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=on}}

| insignia = SpaceX CRS-19 Patch.png

| insignia_caption = SpaceX CRS-19 mission patch

| programme = Commercial Resupply Services

| previous_mission = NG-12

| next_mission = NG-13

| programme2 = Cargo Dragon

| previous_mission2 = SpaceX CRS-18

| next_mission2 = SpaceX CRS-20

}}

SpaceX CRS-19, also known as SpX-19, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station. The mission is contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 rocket.

Dragon capsule C106 made its third flight on CRS-19 having previously flown on CRS-4 and CRS-11. Dragon successfully returned to Earth on 7 January 2020 after a month-long stay at the ISS.

Launch schedule history

In February 2016, it was announced that NASA had awarded a contract extension to SpaceX for five CRS additional missions (CRS-16 to CRS-20). In June 2016, a NASA Inspector General report had this mission manifested for December 2018. The mission was later delayed to 15 October 2019, but launched in December 2019.

On 5 December 2019, CRS-19 launched successfully, followed by a successful first stage landing on the barge Of Course I Still Love You.{{cite web |title=CRS-19 Mission |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aoAGdYXp_4 |website=YouTube.com | date=5 December 2019 |publisher=SpaceX |access-date=5 December 2019}}

Payload

NASA has contracted for the CRS-19 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date/time of launch, and orbital parameters for the Dragon space capsule. CRS-11 carried a total of {{convert|5769|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=on}} of material into orbit. This included {{convert|3732|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=on}} of pressurised cargo with packaging bound for the International Space Station, and {{convert|2037|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=on}} of unpressurised cargo composed of the Kibō-mounted Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI) from Japan, the Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS) platform, and a replacement lithium-ion battery for the station's solar array truss.

The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:

  • Science investigations: {{convert|2154|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=on}}
  • Crew supplies: {{convert|564|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=on}}
  • Vehicle hardware: {{convert|675|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=on}}
  • Spacewalk equipment: {{convert|141|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=on}}
  • Computer resources: {{convert|33|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=on}}
  • External payloads:
  • Hyperspectral Imaging Suite (HISUI): ~{{convert|500|kg|lb|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/hisui.htm |title=HISUI |work=Gunter's Space Page |access-date=19 October 2020}}
  • Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS){{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/12/falcon-9-launch-crs-19-dragon-iss/ |title=CRS-19 Dragon completes journey to the ISS |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=William |last=Graham |date=5 December 2019 |access-date=19 October 2020}}
  • Lithium-ion battery

Among the science experiments transported to the station are the Anheuser-Busch-sponsored Germination of ABI Voyager Barley Seeds in Microgravity, the Confined Combustion experiment, and 40 genetically engineered mice as part of the Rodent Research-19 experiment.{{cite news |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/08/spacex-resupply-mission-reaches-international-space-station/ |title=SpaceX resupply mission reaches International Space Station |work=Spaceflight Now |first=Stephen |last=Clark |date=8 December 2019 |access-date=19 October 2020}}

A number of CubeSats were launched on CRS-19. The ELaNa-25B flight included AzTechSat-1, SORTIE, and CryoCube, while the ELaNa-28 flight included CIRiS and EdgeCube. Other small satellites launched on this mission include QARMAN and MakerSat-1.

Gallery

{{Gallery|KSC-20191205-PH-AWG07 0006.jpg|Launch of CRS-19|Iss061e070168.jpg|Dragon approaching the ISS|ISS-61 Solar eclipse 2019 over Malaysia and the Philippines (2).jpg|Dragon docked to the ISS; solar eclipse below|title=SpaceX CRS-19|align=center|footer=|style=text-align:center;|mode=packed|alt1=|alt2=|alt3=|alt4=|alt5=|alt6=|alt7=}}

See also

References

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{{cite web |title=United States Commercial ELV Launch Manifest |url=http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/uscom-man.txt |first=Steven |last=Pietrobon |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=13 November 2018}}

{{cite web |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ |title=Launch Schedule |work=Spaceflight Now |date=11 February 2019 |access-date=17 February 2019}}

{{cite report |author=NASA Office of Inspector General |date=28 June 2016 |title=NASA's Response to SpaceX's June 2015 Launch Failure: Impacts on Commercial Resupply of the International Space Station |url=https://oig.nasa.gov/audits/reports/FY16/IG-16-025.pdf |publisher=NASA Office of Inspector General |issue=Report No. IG-16-025 |page=13 |access-date=18 July 2016}}

{{cite web |url=http://spacenews.com/spacex-wins-5-new-space-station-cargo-missions-in-nasa-contract-estimated-at-700-million/ |title=SpaceX wins 5 new space station cargo missions in NASA contract estimated at $700 million |last1=de Selding |first1=Peter B. |publisher=Space News |date=24 February 2016 |access-date=24 February 2016}}

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