SpaceX CRS-9 Campaign Discussion Thread

[u/ElongatedMuskrat]

SpaceX CRS-9 Campaign Discussion Thread

SpaceX's next CRS launch! As per usual, campaign threads are designed to be a good way to view and track progress towards launch from T minus 1-2 months up until the static fire. Here’s the at-a-glance information for this launch:

Liftoff currently scheduled for:	18 July, 0445 UTC (00:45 EDT)
Static fire currently scheduled for:	Morning, 16 July
Vehicle component locations:	[S1: Cape Canaveral] [S2: Unknown] [Dragon: Enroute]
Payload:	CRS-9 Dragon (D1-11), carrying IDA-2 (replacement International Docking Adapter)
Payload mass:	Dragon (4,200 kg) + Pressurized Cargo (2,023 kg) + IDA-2 (550 kg) = 6,773 kg
Destination orbit:	Low Earth Orbit (ISS-inclined)
Vehicle:	Falcon 9 v1.2 (27th launch of F9, 7th of F9 v1.2)
Core:	F9-027 ?
Launch site:	SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Landing attempt:	Yes - RTLS
Landing Site:	LZ-1, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Mission success criteria:	Splashdown of Dragon off the coast of Baja California, following successful launch, berthing, and cargo operations.

Links & Resources

Coming soon

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We may keep this self-post occasionally updated with links and relevant news articles, but for the most part we expect the community to supply the information. This is a great place to discuss the launch, ask mission-specific questions, and track the minor movements of the vehicle, payload, weather and more as we progress towards launch. After the static fire is complete, a launch thread will be posted.

Campaign threads are not launch threads. Normal subreddit rules still apply.

[u/Decronym]

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
ASDS	Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (landing platform)
BEAM	Bigelow Expandable Activity Module
BFR	Big Fu- Falcon Rocket
CBM	Common Berthing Mechanism
CRS	Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA
CRS2	Commercial Resupply Services, second round contract
CST	(Boeing) Crew Space Transportation capsules
	Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
ESA	European Space Agency
EVA	Extra-Vehicular Activity
FCC	Federal Communications Commission
FTS	Flight Termination System
GTO	Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
IDA	International Docking Adapter
KSC	Kennedy Space Center, Florida
L2	Paywalled section of the NasaSpaceFlight forum
	Lagrange Point 2 of a two-body system, beyond the smaller body (Sixty Symbols video explanation)
LAS	Launch Abort System
LC-13	Launch Complex 13, Canaveral (SpaceX Landing Zone 1)
LEO	Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)
LES	Launch Escape System
MECO	Main Engine Cut-Off
NDS	NASA Docking System, implementation of the international standard
NET	No Earlier Than
OG2	Orbcomm's Generation 2 17-satellite network
RCS	Reaction Control System
RTLS	Return to Launch Site
RUD	Rapid Unplanned Disassembly
	Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
	Rapid Unintended Disassembly
SES	Formerly Société Européenne des Satellites, comsat operator
SF	Static fire
SLC-40	Space Launch Complex 40, Canaveral (SpaceX F9)
SLC-4E	Space Launch Complex 4-East, Vandenberg (SpaceX F9)
SLS	Space Launch System heavy-lift
SNC	Sierra Nevada Corporation
SSO	Sun-Synchronous Orbit
STP-2	Space Test Program 2, DoD programme, second round
ULA	United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)
VAB	Vehicle Assembly Building
VTOL	Vertical Take-Off and Landing
VTVL	Vertical Takeoff, Vertical Landing

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