SpaceX CRS-13

2017 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS

"CRS-13" redirects here. For the Northrop Grumann CRS-13 mission, see Cygnus NG-13.

SpaceX CRS-13

CRS-13 Dragon attached to the ISS

Names| SpX-13
Mission type| ISS resupply
Operator| SpaceX
COSPAR ID| 2017-080A
SATCAT no.| 43060
Mission duration| 29 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft| Dragon 1 C108
Spacecraft type| Dragon 1
Manufacturer| SpaceX
Dry mass| 4,200 kg (9,300 lb)
Dimensions| Height: 6.1 m (20 ft)
Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft)
Start of mission
Launch date| 15 December 2017, 15:36:09 (2017-12-15UTC15:36:09) UTC[1]
Rocket| Falcon 9 Full Thrust (B1035)[2]
Launch site| Cape Canaveral, SLC-40[2]
Contractor| SpaceX
End of mission
Disposal| Recovered
Landing date| 13 January 2018, 15:37 (2018-01-13UTC15:38) UTC[3]
Landing site| Pacific Ocean off Baja California
Orbital parameters
Reference system| Geocentric
Regime| Low Earth
Inclination| 51.6°
Berthing at ISS
Berthing port| Harmony nadir
RMS capture| 17 December 2017, 10:57 UTC[4]
Berthing date| 17 December 2017, 13:26 UTC[5]
Unberthing date| 12 January 2018, 10:47 UTC[6]
RMS release| 13 January 2018, 09:58 UTC[7]
Time berthed| 25 days, 21 hours, 21 minutes
Cargo
Mass| 2,205 kg (4,861 lb)[8]
Pressurised| 1,560 kg (3,439 lb)[8]
Unpressurised| 645 kg (1,422 lb)[8]

NASA SpX-13 mission patch

Commercial Resupply Services

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Cargo Dragon

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SpaceX CRS-13, also known as SpX-13, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station launched on 15 December 2017.[1] The mission was contracted by NASA and is flown by SpaceX. It was the second mission to successfully reuse a Dragon capsule, previously flown on CRS-6.[8][9] The first stage of the Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket was the previously flown, "flight-proven" core from CRS-11.[8][10] The first stage returned to land at Cape Canaveral's Landing Zone 1 after separation of the first and second stage.[11]

## Mission overview

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Launch of the CRS-13 mission

In early 2015, NASA awarded a contract extension to SpaceX for three CRS additional missions (CRS-13 to CRS-15).[12] In June 2016, a NASA Inspector General report had this mission manifested for September 2017.[13] The flight was then delayed from 13 September, 1 November, 4 December, 12 December, and 13 December 2017.[14] SpaceX pushed off the launch to 15 December due to the detection of particulates in the second stage fuel system, taking the time to completely flush out the fuel and liquid oxygen tanks on the first and second stages as a precautionary measure.[15][16]

The CRS-13 mission launched aboard a Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket on 15 December 2017 at 15:36:09 UTC[1] from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.[2] The Dragon spacecraft rendezvoused with the International Space Station on 17 December 2017; the vehicle was captured by the Canadarm2 at 10:57 UTC[4] and was berthed to the Harmony module's nadir docking port at 13:26 UTC.[5] Dragon spent just under a month at the ISS: it was unberthed on 12 January 2018 at 10:47 UTC and was released from Canadarm2 on 13 January 2018 at 09:58 UTC.[6][7] The spacecraft deorbited a few hours later, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at 15:37 UTC carrying 1,850 kg (4,078 lb) of equipment and science experiments.[3]

## Payload

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NASA has contracted for the CRS-13 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date/time of launch, and orbital parameters for the Dragon space capsule. CRS-13 carried a total of 2,205 kg (4,861 lb) of material into orbit. This includes 1,560 kg (3,439 lb) of pressurised cargo with packaging bound for the International Space Station, and 645 kg (1,422 lb) of unpressurised cargo composed of two external station experiments: the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS) and the Space Debris Sensor (SDS).[8]

The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:[8]

* Science investigations: 711 kg (1,567 lb)
* Crew supplies: 490 kg (1,080 lb)
* Vehicle hardware: 189 kg (417 lb)
* Spacewalk equipment: 165 kg (364 lb)
* Computer resources: 5 kg (11 lb)
* External payloads: 645 kg (1,422 lb)
* Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS)
* Space Debris Sensor (SDS)

## Gallery

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SpaceX CRS-13

* Launch of CRS-13

* Falcon 9 landing at LZ-1

* Dragon grappled by the ISS

## See also

[edit]

* Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station
* List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
* 2017 in spaceflight

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b c Clark, Stephen (15 December 2017). "SpaceX's 50th Falcon rocket launch kicks off station resupply mission". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
2. ^ a b c Graham, William (15 December 2017). "Flight proven Falcon 9 launches previously flown Dragon to ISS". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
3. ^ a b Clark, Stephen (13 January 2018). "Commercial cargo craft splashes down in Pacific Ocean after station resupply run". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
4. ^ a b Garcia, Mark (17 December 2017). "Astronauts Capture Dragon Loaded With New Science". NASA. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
5. ^ a b Garcia, Mark (17 December 2017). "Dragon Attached to Station for Month of Cargo Transfers". NASA. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
6. ^ a b Garcia, Mark (12 January 2018). "Dragon Cargo Craft Prepped for Saturday Morning Release". NASA. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
7. ^ a b Garcia, Mark (13 January 2018). "Dragon Departs Station and Heads Back to Earth for Splashdown". NASA. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
8. ^ a b c d e f g "SpaceX CRS-13 Mission Overview" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
9. ^ Clark, Stephen (6 December 2017). "Test-firing at repaired launch pad clears way for SpaceX cargo flight next week". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
10. ^ Fernholz, Tim (29 November 2017). "NASA will use one of Elon Musk's lightly-used rockets for the first time". Quartz. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
11. ^ Grush, Loren (15 December 2017). "SpaceX launches and lands its first used rocket for NASA". The Verge. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
12. ^ de Selding, Peter B. (24 February 2016). "SpaceX wins 5 new space station cargo missions in NASA contract estimated at $700 million". Space News. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
13. ^ NASA Office of Inspector General (28 June 2016). NASA's Response to SpaceX's June 2015 Launch Failure: Impacts on Commercial Resupply of the International Space Station (PDF) (Report). NASA Office of Inspector General. p. 13. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
14. ^ Clark, Stephen (12 December 2017). "Launch Schedule". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017.
15. ^ Clark, Stephen (13 December 2017). "SpaceX cargo launch slips to Friday, allowing for additional rocket inspections". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
16. ^ SpaceX/Dragon CRS-13 Post Launch Briefing. YouTube.com. NASA. 15 December 2017. Event occurs at 6:19. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

## External links

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* Media related to SpaceX CRS-13 at Wikimedia Commons
* Dragon website at SpaceX.com
* Commercial Resupply Services at NASA.gov

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Launch vehicles|

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Falcon 1 missions|

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Falcon 9 missions|

| Demonstrations|

* Dragon 1
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* Demo-1
* Demo-2
* Crew Dragon
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* Demo-1
* In-Flight Abort Test
* Demo-2

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ISS logistics|

* CRS-1
* CRS-2
* CRS-3
* CRS-4
* CRS-5
* CRS-6
* CRS-7†
* CRS-8
* CRS-9
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* CRS-13
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* CRS-17
* CRS-18
* CRS-19
* CRS-20
* CRS-21
* CRS-22
* CRS-23
* CRS-24
* CRS-25
* CRS-26
* CRS-27
* CRS-28
* CRS-29
* Cygnus NG-20
* CRS-30
* Cygnus NG-21
* CRS-31
* SpaceX CRS-32
* SpaceX CRS-33
* SpaceX CRS-34-35
* Cygnus NG-22

Crewed|

* Demo-2
* Crew-1
* Crew-2
* Inspiration4
* Crew-3
* Axiom-1
* Crew-4
* Crew-5
* Crew-6
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* Crew-7
* Axiom-3
* Crew-8
* Polaris Dawn
* Crew-9
* Crew-10
* Fram2
* Axiom-4
* Crew-11-14
* Vast-1
* Polaris-2

Commercial
satellites|

* SES-8
* Thaicom 6
* Orbcomm OG2 × 6
* AsiaSat 8
* AsiaSat 6
* ABS-3A / Eutelsat 115 West B
* TürkmenÄlem 52°E
* Orbcomm OG2 × 11
* SES-9
* JCSAT-14
* Thaicom 8
* ABS-2A / Eutelsat 117 West B
* JCSAT-16
* AMOS-6†
* Iridium NEXT 1–10
* EchoStar 23
* SES-10
* Inmarsat-5 F4
* BulgariaSat-1
* Iridium NEXT 11–20
* Intelsat 35e
* Iridium NEXT 21–30
* SES-11
* Koreasat 5A
* Iridium NEXT 31–40
* Hispasat 30W-6
* Iridium NEXT 41–50
* Bangabandhu-1
* Iridium NEXT 51–55
* SES-12
* Telstar 19V
* Iridium NEXT 56–65
* Telkom 4 (Merah Putih)
* Telstar 18V
* Es'hail 2
* Iridium NEXT 66–75
* Nusantara Satu / Beresheet
* Amos 17
* JCSAT-18
* SXM 7
* Türksat 5A
* SXM 8
* Türksat 5B
* Nilesat-301
* SES-22
* Galaxy 33,34
* Hotbird 13F
* Hotbird 13G
* Galaxy 31,32
* Eutelsat 10B
* OneWeb #15
* O3b mPOWER 1,2
* OneWeb #16
* Amazonas Nexus
* OneWeb #17
* SES 18,19
* Intelsat 40e
* O3b mPOWER 3,4
* Iridium NEXT 76-80 and OneWeb #19
* ArabSat 7B
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* Galaxy 37
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* Ovzon-3
* Merah Putih 2
* Eutelsat 36D
* Galileo FOC FM25,27
* WorldView Legion 1,2
* Astra 1P
* Türksat 6A
* ASBM 1,2
* WorldView Legion 3,4
* BlueBird Block 1
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* OneWeb #20
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satellites|

* CASSIOPE
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* GRACE-FO
* SAOCOM 1A
* RADARSAT Constellation
* SAOCOM 1B
* DART
* IXPE
* Hakuto-R
* S6MF
* KPLO
* SWOT
* Euclid
* PACE
* IM-1
* EarthCARE
* Hera
* Blue Ghost 1
* Hakuto-R 2

Military
satellites|

* NROL-76
* X-37B OTV-5
* Zuma
* SES-16 / GovSat-1
* Paz
* GPS III-01
* ANASIS-II
* GPS III-03
* NROL-108
* GPS III-04
* GPS III-05
* COSMO-SkyMed CSG-2
* NROL-87
* NROL-85 (Intruder 13A/B)
* SARah 1
* EROS-C3
* GPS III-06
* Transport and Tracking Layer (Tranche 0, Flight 1)
* Transport and Tracking Layer (Tranche 0, Flight 2)
* 425 Project SAR Satellite
* SARah 2/3
* USSF-124
* 425 Project SAR satellite flight 2
* Weather System Follow-on Microwave 1
* NROL-146
* NROL-186
* NROL-113
* NROL-167
* NROL-126
* GPS III-07
* NROL-149
* 425 Project SAR satellite flight 3
* NROL-153
* Spainsat NG I
* 425 Project SAR satellite flight 4
* SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-B
* Spainsat NG II
* SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-C
* SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-D
* SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-E
* SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TR-C
* NROL-192
* NROL-69
* USSF-36
* USSF-31
* Skynet 6A
* SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-F
* SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TR-A
* SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TR-E
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* 2023
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* 7
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* 2024
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* 11
* 2025
* 12

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Bandwagon|

* 2024
* 1
* 2

Falcon Heavy missions|

* Test flight
* Tesla Roadster
* Arabsat-6A
* USAF STP-2
* DSX
* FormoSat-7
* LightSail 2
* GPIM
* DSAC
* ISAT
* USSF-44
* USSF-67
* ViaSat-3 Americas
* Jupiter-3
* Psyche
* USSF-52 (X-37B OTV-7)
* GOES-U
* Europa Clipper

Starship missions|

| Flight tests|

* Suborbital
* Orbital
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7

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Crewed|

* Polaris-3
* Starship HLS

Commercial
satellites|

* Superbird-9

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* Failed missions† are marked with dagger †

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2000–2004|

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* 3P
* 2001
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* 5P
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* 9P
* 2003
* 10P
* 11P
* 12P
* 2004
* 13P
* 14P
* 15P
* 16P

2005–2009|

* 2005
* 17P
* 18P
* 19P
* 20P
* 2006
* 21P
* 22P
* 23P
* 2007
* 24P
* 25P
* 26P
* 27P
* 2008
* 28P
* ATV-1
* 29P
* 30P
* 31P
* 2009
* 32P
* 33P
* 34P
* HTV-1
* 35P
* MIM2 / Poisk

2010–2014|

* 2010
* 36P
* 37P
* 38P
* 39P
* 40P
* 2011
* HTV-2
* 41P
* ATV-2
* 42P
* 43P
* 44P†
* 45P
* 2012
* 46P
* ATV-3
* 47P
* SpX-D
* HTV-3
* 48P
* SpX-1
* 49P
* 2013
* 50P
* SpX-2
* 51P
* ATV-4
* 52P
* HTV-4
* Orb-D1
* 53P
* 2014
* Orb-1
* 54P
* 55P
* SpX-3
* Orb-2
* 56P
* ATV-5
* SpX-4
* Orb-3†
* 57P

2015–2019|

* 2015
* SpX-5
* 58P
* SpX-6
* 59P†
* SpX-7†
* 60P
* HTV-5
* 61P
* OA-4
* 62P
* 2016
* OA-6
* 63P
* SpX-8
* 64P
* SpX-9
* OA-5
* 65P†
* HTV-6
* 2017
* SpX-10
* 66P
* OA-7
* SpX-11
* 67P
* SpX-12
* 68P
* OA-8E
* SpX-13
* 2018
* 69P
* SpX-14
* OA-9E
* SpX-15
* 70P
* HTV-7
* 71P
* NG-10
* SpX-16
* 2019
* SpX-DM1
* 72P
* NG-11
* SpX-17
* SpX-18
* 73P
* 60S
* HTV-8
* NG-12
* SpX-19
* 74P
* Boe-OFT†

2020–2024|

* 2020
* NG-13
* SpX-20
* 75P
* HTV-9
* 76P
* NG-14
* SpX-21
* 2021
* 77P
* NG-15
* SpX-22
* 78P
* Nauka
* NG-16
* SpX-23
* 79P
* M-UM / Prichal
* SpX-24
* 2022
* 80P
* NG-17
* Boe-OFT 2
* 81P
* SpX-25
* 82P
* NG-18
* SpX-26
* 2023
* 83P
* SpX-27
* 84P
* SpX-28
* NG-19
* 85P
* SpX-29
* 86P
* 2024
* NG-20
* 87P
* SpX-30
* 88P
* NG-21
* 89P
* SpX-31
* 90P

Future|

* 2025
* 91P
* SpX-32
* NG-22
* SSC Demo-1
* 92P
* NG-23
* 93P
* HTV-X1
* 94P
* NG-24
* SpX-33
* SpX-34
* SpX-35
* 2025
* 95P
* 96P
* 97P
* 98P
* NG-25
* 2030
* US Deorbit Vehicle

Spacecraft|

* Roscomos Progress
* ESA ATV (past)
* JAXA HTV
* NASA CRS
* SpaceX Dragon 1 (past)
* SpaceX Dragon 2
* Northrop Grumman Cygnus
* Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser

* Ongoing spaceflights in underline
* Future spaceflights in italics
* † - mission failed to reach ISS

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January|

* TJS-2
* Jilin-1 Video-03
* Iridium NEXT × 10
* TRICOM-1
* USA-273 / SBIRS GEO-3
* DSN-2
* Hispasat AG1

February|

* Intelsat 32e / SkyBrasil1 , Telkom-3S
* Cartosat-2D, Al Farabi-1, BGUSAT, DIDO-2, Flock-3p × 88, Lemur-2 × 8
* Dragon CRS-10
* Progress MS-05

March|

* USA-274 / Intruder 8
* Tiankun-1
* Sentinel-2B
* EchoStar 23
* IGS-Radar 5
* USA-275 / WGS-9
* SES-10

April|

* Shijian 13
* Cygnus CRS OA-7 , (ALTAIR , CXBN-2 , IceCube , SG-Sat , SHARC)
* Soyuz MS-04
* Tianzhou 1, SilkRoad-1

May|

* USA-276 / NROL-76
* Koreasat 7, SGDC-1
* GSAT 9 / South Asia Satellite
* Inmarsat-5 F4
* SES-15
* "It's a Test"
* EKS-2

June|

* QZS-2
* ViaSat-2, Eutelsat 172B
* Dragon CRS-11 (NICER, BRAC Onnesha, GhanaSat-1, Mazaalai, Nigeria EduSat-1)
* GSAT-19
* EchoStar 21
* Progress MS-06
* HXMT / Insight, ÑuSat 3
* ChinaSat 9A
* Cartosat-2E, Max Valier Sat, Aalto-1, Blue Diamond, Green Diamond, Red Diamond, CICERO-6, COMPASS-2, InflateSail, Lemur-2 × 8, LituanicaSAT-2, ROBUSTA-1B
* Kosmos 2519 / Nivelir, Kosmos 2521 / Sputnik Inspektor
* BulgariaSat-1
* Iridium NEXT × 10
* EuropaSat / Hellas Sat 3, GSAT-17

July|

* Shijian-18†
* Intelsat 35e
* Kanopus-V-IK, Flying Laptop, Flock-2k × 48, Landmapper BC 1, Landmapper BC 2, Lemur-2 × 8
* Soyuz MS-05

August|

* OPTSAT-3000, VENµS
* Dragon CRS-12, ASTERIA
* Blagovest 11L
* TDRS-M
* Michibiki 3
* Formosat-5
* ORS-5
* IRNSS-1H

September|

* USA-277 / OTV-5
* Amazonas 5
* Soyuz MS-06
* Kosmos 2522 / GLONASS-M 752
* USA-278 / NROL-42
* AsiaSat 9
* Yaogan-30-01 × 3
* Intelsat 37e, BSAT-4a

October|

* VRSS-2
* Iridium NEXT × 10
* QZS-4
* SES-11 / EchoStar 105
* Sentinel-5 Precursor
* Progress MS-07
* USA-279 / Quasar 21
* Koreasat 5A
* SkySat × 6 , Flock-3m × 4

November|

* BeiDou-3 M1, BeiDou-3 M2
* Mohammed VI-A
* Cygnus CRS OA-8E (Asgardia-1, EcAMSat, Lemur-2 × 8, TechEdSat-6)
* Fengyun-3D
* NOAA-20
* Jilin-1 Video × 3
* Yaogan-30-02 (3 satellites)
* Meteor-M No.2-1, Landmapper BC 3, Lemur-2 × 10

December|

* Kosmos 2524
* LKW-1
* Alcomsat-1
* Galileo FOC 15-18
* Dragon CRS-13
* Soyuz MS-07
* GCOM-C, SLATS
* Iridium NEXT 31–40
* Yaogan-30-03 × 3
* AngoSat 1

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