Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Human Exploration · LEO
First mission of the privately funded Polaris program. The goal of this mission, lasting up to five days in orbit, is to fly higher than previous Dragon missions, perform the first-ever commercial EVA with SpaceX-designed spacesuits, orbit through portions of the Van Allen radiation belt, conduct…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLARIS DAWN 2024-161A | Payload | re-entered 2024-09-15 | |
| POLARIS DAWN DEB [TRUNK] 2024-161B | Debris | re-entered 2024-09-29 |
COSPAR ID 2024-161 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).