![]() CRS-28 detached from upper stage showing the iROSA solar arrays stowed in the trunk | |
Names | SpX-28 |
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Mission type | ISS resupply |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2023-080A |
SATCAT no. | 56845 ![]() |
Mission duration | 24 days, 22 hours, 43 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Cargo Dragon C208 |
Spacecraft type | Cargo Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Dry mass | 9,525 kg (20,999 lb) |
Dimensions | Height: 8.1 m (27 ft) Diameter: 4 m (13 ft) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 5 June 2023, 15:47 UTC [1] [2] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 B1077-5 |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | MV Shannon |
Landing date | 30 June 2023, 14:30 UTC |
Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony zenith |
Docking date | 6 June 2023, 09:54 UTC |
Undocking date | 29 June 2023, 16:30 UTC |
Time docked | 23 days, 6 hours, 36 minutes |
Cargo | |
Mass | 3,304 kg (7,284 lb) |
![]() SpaceX CRS-28 mission patch |
SpaceX CRS-28, also known as SpX-28, is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 5 June 2023. [1] The mission was contracted by NASA and flown by SpaceX using Cargo Dragon ship C208. It was the eighth flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2. [3]
NASA contracted for the CRS-28 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date of launch, and orbital parameters for the Cargo Dragon. [4] [5]
Third pair of new solar arrays using XTJ Prime space solar cells. They were delivered to the station in the unpressurized trunk of the SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft. [6]
The installation of these new solar arrays will require two spacewalks each: one to prepare the worksite with a modification kit and another to install the new panel. [7] [8]
CubeSats launched on this mission:
The CRS-28 resupply mission was originally planned to launch on 4 June 2023, at 16:12:41 UTC. However, the countdown was stopped at T-01:49:08, and SpaceX scrubbed the mission and postponed it to the day after due to high winds in the recovery area. SpaceX announced, about 45 minutes afterward, the new T-0, planned for 15:47 UTC. The Falcon 9 rocket and the Cargo Dragon spacecraft lifted off at the new T-0, from the Kennedy Space Center's Space Launch Complex-39A. The first stage separation happened at T+02:38 and the Falcon 9 landed at T+09:05 on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship. At T+12:11, the Cargo Dragon separated from the second stage.
Dragon docked to the International Space Station's Harmony module on Tuesday, June 6, at 09:54 UTC. [11]
On June 7, SpaceX announced on Twitter that on the previous day, the Dragon 2 fleet as a whole had accumulated 1,324 days in orbit, surpassing the Space Shuttle program's total time in space. SpaceX also said that the mission was the 38th mission to ISS for Dragon 1 and 2 capsules, which exceeded the Shuttle's 37 ISS missions. [12]
Cargo Dragon C208 was undocked from the ISS on 29 June 2023 at 16:30 UTC. The capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean on 30 June 2023 at 14:30 UTC, where it was retrieved by MV Shannon.