flown by SpaceX USA

CRS-14

Success
APR 02201820:30:00 UTC

Carried RemoveDEBRIS, a UK-led demonstrator built to test active debris removal techniques — a net capture, a harpoon, and a deployable drag sail — using its own subsatellites as targets. Among the cubesats were 1KUNS-PF, Kenya's first satellite, and Project Irazú, Costa Rica's first.

launched from SLC-40 Canaveral

aboard Falcon 9 Block 4 F9-052 into LEO

Broadcast

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Vehicle components · 2

  • 01 Booster B1039.2
    no recovery attempt
  • 02 Dragon 1 C110.2
    Space station resupply

Payloads · 6

  • 01

    RemoveDEBRIS

    Technology demonstration

  • 02

    DebrisSat 1

    Technology demonstration

  • 03

    DebrisSat 2

    Technology demonstration

  • 04

    Ubakusat

    Technology demonstration

  • 05

    1KUNS-PF

    Technology demonstration

  • 06

    Proyecto Irazú

    Technology demonstration

last updated Oct 25, 2026