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Nov 4, 2024
SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-31 (Commercial Resupply Service)

Launched: 9:29 PM EDT
Launch site: Space Launch Complex (SLC) 39A, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Booster: B1083, 5th Flight
Payload: 2,762 kg (6,090 lbs) supplies

SpaceX CRS-31 is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
The mission is contracted by NASA and flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon.

The Falcon 9 left Florida's Space Coast on a north-easterly trajectory, along the east coast USA.

PHOTOS
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Ignition!	Liftoff!	Clearing Tower
Clearing Starship Tower	Above Starship Tower	On it's way
17 sec	36 sec	38 sec
Contrail, obscurred by building	High2	High3
High4	High5	High6
High7	High8	High9
Colors 1	Colors 2	Colors 3
First Stage Shutdown 1	MECO	Second Stage Ignition
Second Stage	Exhaust Nebula 2	Exhaust Nebula 3
Exhaust Nebula 4	Exhaust Nebula 5	Exhaust Nebula 6
Exhaust Nebula 7	Exhaust Nebula 8	Exhaust Nebula 9
Exhaust Nebula 10	Exhaust Nebula 11	Exhaust Nebula 12

Super High Magnification Liftoff!

Super Hi 1	Super Hi 2
Super Hi 3	Super Hi 4

TimeLapse - Streak shots of Rocket Path

Launch

Booster Returns to Landing Site 1

VIDEOS

Cam 1 Launch	Cam 2 Launch Hi-res
In Space and Exhaust Nebula	Booster Return

Booster history: Crew-8, Starlink Group 6-48, Starlink Group 6-56, Polaris Dawn.
Booster recovery: Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1)
Capsule recovery: Megan or Shannon

SpaceX Stats:
109th launch of the year and the 1st launch of the month.

388th orbital flight for Falcon 9.
91st launch from SLC-39A.
46th landing on LZ-1.
21st successful landing since last fail.
47th orbital flight of a Dragon spacecraft.

Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)