CRS-16
Success
DEC 05201818:16:00 UTCA grid-fin hydraulic pump stalled during the descent and the booster lost roll control, spinning fast enough that it ditched in the Atlantic off Cape Canaveral instead of landing at LZ-1. SpaceX recovered the stage from the sea; it never flew again. Dragon delivered GEDI, a vegetation-mapping lidar built to measure forest canopy structure, for external installation on the station.
LIFTOFF
DEC 05 201818:16:00 UTC
Success
launched fromSLC-40Canaveral
aboardFalcon 9 B5F9-065intoLEO
Booster
B1050
Lost on ground pad · LZ-1
Payloads · 5
- 01
SpaceX CRS-16 (Dragon C112.2)
ISS logistics
- 02
Delphini 1
Technology demonstration
- 03
TechEdSat 8
Technology demonstration
- 04
CAT 1, 2
Technology demonstration
- 05
UNITE
Ionospheric science
