Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Human Exploration · PO
Fram2 is the world’s first astronaut mission to polar orbit. Named after the Norwegian polar research ship Fram, the Crew Dragon spacecraft will launch into a 90° circular orbit from Florida, making it the first human spaceflight to fly over Earth’s polar regions from low-Earth orbit. A cupola will…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRAM2 2025-066A | Payload | re-entered 2025-04-04 |
COSPAR ID 2025-066 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).