Launch
Launch: December 15, 2017 10:35 AM EST
Overview
- TSIS launched on a SpaceX SpX-13, Falcon 9 in the SpaceX Dragon trunk, externally on an Express Pallet Adapter (ExPA).
- TSIS operates from an Expedite the Processing of Experiments to Space Station (EXPRESS) Logistics Carrier (ELC-3) nominally for 5 years (2 year extended mission possible).
- The TSIS Thermal Pointing System (TPS) is deployed above the ELC after installation in order to provide sufficient solar visibility to track the sun each orbit with it’s two axis gimbal.
- After a minimum 5 years on-orbit operations, the TPS will be re-stowed into its launch envelope by command and can be disposed.
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
|---|---|
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Dragon (new or used TBD) |
| Spacecraft type | Dragon CRS |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Dry mass | 4,200 kg (9,300 lb) |
| Dimensions | Height: 6.1 m (20 ft) Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | Planned: December 2017 |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Epoch | Planned |
| Berthing at ISS | |
| Berthing port | Harmony nadir or Unity nadir |
| Cargo | |
| Pressurised | 2,333 kg (5,143 lb) |
| Unpressurised | 977 kg (2,154 lb) |