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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.
ASTRA 1P, a classic wide-beam satellite, will support SES’s prime TV neighbourhood and enable content owners, private and public broadcasters across Germany, France and Spain to continue broadcasting satellite TV channels in the highest-picture quality in the most cost-efficient manner. It will be based on the full electric and powerful Spacebus NEO platform developed by Thales Alenia Space and already flight proven in orbit.
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8300 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 22800 kg
Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes
Launch Success 324
Consecutive Success 27
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Serial B1080
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 11
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location JRTI
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-21T01:50:25+0000
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-20T22:13:15+0000
Spacecraft separation confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-20T21:37:30+0000
Liftoff.
LL2
2024-06-20T21:32:44+0000
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Nosu
2024-06-19T20:36:37+0000
Weather 60%, trending towards 40% at the end of the window
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-19T18:13:00+0000
Delayed to June 20 due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-19T02:21:38+0000
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-19T00:40:57+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-19T00:21:09+0000
Scrubbed for the day due to high winds.
LL2
2024-06-19T00:04:53+0000
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
SwGustav
2024-06-18T20:59:43+0000
Updating T-0
Nosu
2024-06-18T20:25:48+0000
Updating launch window
Nosu
2024-06-17T22:12:58+0000
Setting GO
Nosu
2024-06-17T21:40:22+0000
Weather 55%
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-14T05:52:55+0000
Delay to June 18.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-12T16:36:26+0000
Updated launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Nosu
2024-06-09T07:25:57+0000
Targeting June 17
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-06T18:00:06+0000
NET June 15.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-05-28T02:36:52+0000
Added launch pad.
Nosu
2024-05-22T08:21:36+0000
NET June 10
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-10-31T11:38:48+0000
Added launch for NET summer 2024.
2024-06-20T23:50:35+0000
SpaceNews
2024-06-17T23:17:47+0000
Spaceflight Now
2024-06-17T21:52:56+0000
NASASpaceflight
2024-06-10T22:18:02+0000
NASASpaceflight