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Dragon C106
C106 in flight in June 2017, during CRS-11.
Type	Cargo space capsule
Class	SpaceX Dragon
Owner	SpaceX
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Specifications
Dimensions	6.1 m × 3.7 m (20 ft × 12 ft)
Dry mass	4,201 kilograms (9,262 lb)
Power	Solar arrays
Rocket	Falcon 9
History
First flight	21 September – 25 October 2014 SpaceX CRS-4
Last flight	5 December 2019 – 7 January 2020 SpaceX CRS-19
Flights	3
Fate	Retired
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SpaceX Dragon C106 is a Dragon space capsule built by SpaceX. It is the first reused SpaceX Dragon capsule to be reflown into space, having its second launch in 2017. C106 was first used on CRS-4, and then used again for the CRS-11 and CRS-19 missions. It was the second capsule after C108 to be used a third time, marking a milestone in SpaceX's drive to reduce space launch costs through reusing hardware.

History

C106 was built as the sixth production Dragon capsule. This new Dragon was launched in September 2014 for the CRS-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It splashed down in October 2014, and was successfully retrieved. To prepare for its second flight, it had its heatshield replaced while the hull, avionics, and Draco thrusters were refurbished. The refurbished Dragon was relaunched in June 2017 for the CRS-11 mission to the ISS. It splashed down and was successfully recovered in July 2017. After undergoing another refurbishment, C106 was launched again for the CRS-19 mission.

Flights

C106 flights

Flight #		Mission	Launch date (UTC)	Landing date (UTC)	Liftoff	Landing	Notes
1		NASA CRS-4	21 September 2014	25 October 2014
2		NASA CRS-11	3 June 2017	3 July 2017			This was the 100th launch from Launch Pad 39A
3		NASA CRS-19	5 December 2019	7 January 2020

See also

• Falcon 9 booster B1029, the second SpaceX Falcon 9 booster to be reused
• Falcon 9 booster B1021, the first SpaceX Falcon 9 booster to be reused
• Falcon 9 booster B1019, the first SpaceX Falcon 9 booster to be successfully landed
• Gemini spacecraft No. 2, the first space capsule to be reflown
• Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne
• McDonnell Douglas DC-X
• Blue Origin New Shepard
• Space Shuttle

References

1. ^ William Graham (1 June 2017). "Weather halts Falcon 9 mission with CRS-11 Dragon on 100th 39A launch". NASAspaceflight.com.
2. "SpaceX To Launch Reused Dragon Capsule, Land Falcon 9 At Kennedy Space Center". Brevard Times. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
3. Hanneke Weitering (1 June 2017). "SpaceX to Launch 1st Reused Dragon Spacecraft Saturday: Watch It Live". Space.com.
4. ^ Dana Hull; Andrea Wong (3 June 2017). "SpaceX Ferries Supplies to Orbiting Station in Reused Capsule". Bloomberg.
5. ^ "First SpaceX Dragon Re-Use Mission Grounded until Saturday by Unsettled Weather". Spaceflight 101. 1 June 2017.
6. "SpaceX Completes CRS-4 Mission for NASA". SpaceX. 4 November 2014. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
7. "CRS-11 Dragon Resupply Mission" (PDF). SpaceX. June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
8. Emre Kelly (31 May 2017). "SpaceX, NASA ready for Falcon 9 launch with refurbished Dragon". Florida Today.
9. "SpaceX launches Chinese experiment, other supplies to space station". Xinhua. 4 June 2017. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017.
10. ^ Derek Richardson (3 July 2017). "Dragon Splashes Down in Pacific With Time-Critical Experiments". Spaceflight Insider.
11. "Dragon SpX-4 Mission Updates". Spaceflight101: Space News and Beyond. October 25, 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-01-20. Retrieved March 24, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
12. "SpaceX launches ISS supply rocket". DPA. Sky News Australia. 4 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
13. "SpaceX". SpaceX. Retrieved 2020-06-10.

External links

• Media related to SpaceX Dragon C106 at Wikimedia Commons

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