Mission type ISS resupply Spacecraft Dragon C19 | Spacecraft type Dragon CRS Dry mass 4,200 kg (9,300 lb) | |
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SpaceX CRS-17, also known as SpX-17, is a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station currently manifested to be launched on October 2018. The mission was contracted by NASA and is flown by SpaceX.
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Launch schedule history
On February 2016, it was announced that NASA had awarded a contract extension to SpaceX for five CRS additional missions (CRS-16 to CRS-20). As of June 2016, a NASA Inspector General report had this mission manifested for October 2018.
Primary payload
NASA has contracted for the CRS-17 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date/time of launch, and orbital parameters for the Dragon space capsule. According to a 2016 presentation, the external payloads manifested for this flights were Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3 (OCO-3) and STP-H6.