Falcon 9 v1.0 | SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 (COTS 2), was the second test-flight for SpaceX’s uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft, launched on the third flight of the company’s two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The flight was performed under a funded agreement from NASA as the second Dragon demonstration mission in the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. The purpose of the COTS program is to develop and demonstrate commercial sources for cargo re-supply of the International Space Station (ISS). The Dragon C2+ spacecraft was the first American vehicle to visit the ISS since the end of the Space Shuttle program. It was also the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous and berth with another spacecraft.
First Dragon mission with complete spacecraft, first rendezvous mission, first berthing with ISS. After recovery, the capsule was put on display at Kennedy Space Center.
The Falcon 9 v1.0 first stage was used on the first five Falcon 9 launches, and powered by nine SpaceX Merlin 1C rocket engines arranged in a 3×3 pattern.
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Mission Profile
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 was a Falcon 9 v1.0 mission operated by SpaceX that lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 22, 2012. The flight carried its payload on a resupply mission to Low Earth Orbit. The mission flew on first stage B0005. It was flown as part of the International Space Station program. The launch was a success.