Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU) Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

4 Jun 2010, 6:45pm

UTC

Location

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Launch Service Provider

SpaceX

Vehicle

Falcon 9 v1.0

Booster

B0003

Landing

Parachute Landing (Atlantic Ocean)

Failed

Mission

Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)

Mission Type

Test Flight

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

The Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit was a boilerplate version of the Dragon spacecraft. After using it for ground tests to rate Dragon's shape and mass in various tests, SpaceX launched it into low Earth orbit on the maiden flight of the Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX used the launch to evaluate the aerodynamic conditions on the spacecraft and performance of the carrier rocket in a real-world launch scenario, ahead of Dragon flights for NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program.

Available Replays

Live

Falcon 9 Flight 1 Mission - Highlights