flown bySpaceXUSA

CRS-16

Success
DEC 05201818:16:00 UTC

A 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.

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

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