Falcon 9 v1.1 | SpX CRS-7

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: SpaceX (Commercial)
• Rocket: Falcon 9 v1.1 — Falcon family

Mission

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the ninth Dragon spacecraft on the seventh operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station as part of the NASA cargo resupply contract. It was meant to deliver the IDA-1 segment of the new ISS International Docking System. The second stage ruptured due to an overpressurization event and the launch vehicle disintegrated at T+139 seconds. According to SpaceX investigation, "Preliminary analysis suggests the overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank was initiated by a flawed piece of support hardware (a “strut”) inside the second stage."

• Type: Resupply
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Space Launch Complex 40
• Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Program

• Commercial Resupply Services — Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The Falcon 9 and Antares rockets were also developed under the CRS program to deliver cargo spacecraft to the ISS. (Wikipedia)