
Vital Statistics
Owner: Guice Offshore
Operator: Guice Offshore
Year Built: 2004
IMO: 8987876
Length: 51m
Width: 12m
Joined SpaceX Fleet: 2014
Although dependant on mission requirements, the SpaceX droneship will leave port up to 7 days ahead of launch day. GO Quest will then typically leave port up to 36 hours later and meet with the droneship at the mission landing zone a few days later.
The stern (rear) of GO Quest has 2 flights of stairs and a harness platform. SpaceX droneships are unmanned during the voyage to the landing zone and during landing attempts so the crew from GO Quest must transfer to and from the droneships. To do this, GO Quest backs its stern up to the droneship. Next, recovery teams connect themselves up with harnesses and then climb onto the droneship in a process dubbed ‘crew transfer’. For safety reasons, crew transfer does not occur at night or during rough seas.
First crew transfer inside of the port. #SpaceXFleet #SpaceX @SpaceXFleet pic.twitter.com/es1CwiPpHP
— Kyle Montgomery (@Kyle_M_Photo) December 19, 2019
The deck of GO Quest is filled with a large amount of communication equipment, including a large radar dish antenna. These are used during landing attempts to relay booster telemetry and also for general communication.

Missions
Mission | Role |
---|---|
Turksat-5A | Droneship Support |
SXM-7 | Droneship Support |
CRS-21 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L15 | Droneship Support |
Crew-1 | Droneship Support |
GPS III SV04 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L14 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L13 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L12 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L11 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L10 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L9 | Droneship Support |
ANASIS-II | Droneship Support |
GPS III SV03 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L8 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L7 | Droneship Support |
Crew DM-2 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L6 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L5 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L4 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L3 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L2 | Droneship Support |
JCSAT-18 / Kacific-1 | Droneship Support |
CRS-19 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V1 L1 | Droneship Support |
STP-2 | Droneship Support |
Starlink V0.9 | Droneship Support |
CRS-17 | Droneship Support |
ArabSat-6A | Droneship Support |
Crew DM-1 | Droneship Support |
PSN-6 | Droneship Support |
CRS-16 | Booster Recovery |
Es'hail 2 | Droneship Support |
Telstar 18V | Droneship Support |
Merah Putih | Droneship Support |
Telstar 19V | Droneship Support |
Bangabandhu-1 | Droneship Support |
TESS | Droneship Support |
SES-16 | Droneship Support |
SES-11 | Droneship Support |
X-37B OTV-5 | Droneship Support |
BulgariaSat-1 | Droneship Support |
SES-10 | Droneship Support |
JCSAT-16 | Droneship Support |
CRS-9 | Droneship Support |
ABS/Eutelsat M2 | Droneship Support |
Thaicom 8 | Droneship Support |
JCSAT-14 | Droneship Support |
CRS-8 | Droneship Support |
SES-9 | Droneship Support |
CRS-7 | Droneship Support |
CRS-6 | Droneship Support |
DSCOVR | Droneship Support |
CRS-5 | Droneship Support |