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SpaceX CRS 20

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Mission type
  
ISS resupply

Spacecraft
  
Dragon C22

Manufacturer
  
SpaceX

Operator
  
SpaceX

Spacecraft type
  
Dragon CRS

Dry mass
  
4,200 kg (9,300 lb)

SpaceX CRS-20

SpaceX CRS-20, also known as SpX-20, is a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station planned to be launched on 2019. 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 2019.

Primary payload

NASA contracted for the CRS-20 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date of launch, and orbital parameters for the Dragon space capsule. According to a 2016 presentation, the external payload manifested for this flights is GEROS.

References

SpaceX CRS-20 Wikipedia