Falcon Space Missions

SpaceX CRS-6, also known as SpX-6, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station, contracted to NASA. It was the eighth flight for SpaceX's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft and the sixth SpaceX operational mission contracted to NASA under a Commercial Resupply Services contract. It was docked to the International Space Station from 17 April to 21 May 2015.

Mission type: ISS resupply
Operator: NASA
COSPAR ID: 2015-021A
SATCAT no. 40588
Mission duration: Planned: 1 month
Elapsed: 36 days

Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type: Dragon
Manufacturer: SpaceX

Start of mission
Launch date: 14 April 2015, 20:10:41 UTC
Rocket: Falcon 9 v1.1
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SLC-40
Contractor: SpaceX

End of mission
Disposal
Recovered
Landing date: 21 May 2015, 16:42 UTC

Orbital parameters
Reference system: Geocentric
Regime: Low Earth
Perigee: 395.6 kilometres (245.8 mi)
Apogee: 403.7 kilometres (250.8 mi)
Inclination: 51.65 degrees
Period: 92.55 minutes
Epoch: 19 April 2015, 13:55:49 UTC

Berthing at ISS
Berthing port: Harmony nadir
RMS capture: 17 April 2015, 10:55 UTC
Berthing date: 17 April 2015, 13:29 UTC
Unberthing date: 21 May 2015, 09:29 UTC
RMS release: 21 May 2015, 11:04 UTC
Time berthed: 33 days, 20 hours, 0 minutes