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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
RatSat was an aluminum mass simulator on the fourth flight of the Falcon 1 rocket.
Height 22.25 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 454 kN
Diameter 1.70 Meters
Mass To LEO 470 kg
Liftoff Mass 33 Tonnes
Launch Success 2
Consecutive Success 2
Maiden Flight 2006-03-24
Launch Failures 3
Serial F1 B0004
Status lost
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 1
Landing Attempt No
Landing Success Unknown
Type EXP
Location PAC