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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.
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 medical research, and test laser-based Starlink communications in space.
Serial C207
Launch Crew Count 4
Status Active
Landing Time N/A
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1983-02-11
Status Active
Type Private
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1970-01-01
Status In-Training
Type Private
Nationality American
Date Of Birth
Status In-Training
Type Private
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1990-01-01
Status In-Training
Type Private
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 310
Consecutive Success 13
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Serial B1083
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 3
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Unknown
Type ASDS
Location JRTI
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-28T02:13:58+0000
NET August 30 due to unfavorable weather at Dragon abort/nominal landing sites.
hitura-nobad
2024-08-27T07:26:34+0000
Weather is 85% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-27T00:33:25+0000
24 hours slip due to ground equipment helium leakage.
Nosu
2024-08-26T08:01:27+0000
Weather 80%
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-23T00:47:45+0000
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-21T23:37:42+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-19T17:00:55+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-16T06:03:23+0000
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-10T01:29:19+0000
Adding tentative launch window.
hitura-nobad
2024-08-07T19:05:18+0000
Targeting August 26th
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-24T03:11:55+0000
NET August.
Nosu
2024-07-12T14:47:55+0000
Reverting to TBD July pending completion of the investigation into the Starlink Group 9-3 second engine failure
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-09T04:52:34+0000
Switch in launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-03T17:02:29+0000
NET July 31.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-22T19:19:53+0000
NET mid-July.
Nosu
2024-06-07T23:15:08+0000
NET July 12
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-05-09T23:51:54+0000
NET 2nd half of June.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-08T23:56:31+0000
NET summer 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-09T17:32:27+0000
NET April 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-09-14T13:23:03+0000
NET Q1 2024.
Jay
2023-07-03T01:04:25+0000
NET Q4 2023
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-07T03:29:14+0000
NET late summer 2023.
Jay
2022-09-20T16:17:38+0000
NET March 2023
Nosu
2022-08-02T17:08:51+0000
NET December 2022
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-02-14T16:28:17+0000
NET November
Nosu
2022-02-14T13:31:14+0000
Adding Polaris Dawn, the first mission of the privately-funded Polaris program.
The Polaris program is a private spaceflight program organized by entrepreneur Jared Isaacman.
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The Polaris Dawn crew will be the first crew to test Starlink laser-based communications in space, providing valuable data for future space communications systems necessary for missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
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At approximately 700 kilometers above the Earth, the crew will attempt the first-ever commercial extravehicular activity (EVA) with SpaceX-designed extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits, upgraded from the current intravehicular (IVA) suit. Building a base on the Moon and a city on Mars will require thousands of spacesuits; the development of this suit and the execution of the EVA will be important steps toward a scalable design for spacesuits on future long-duration missions.
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SpaceX will perform a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket at launch pad 39A ahead of the launch of Polaris Dawn.
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The Polaris Dawn crew and SpaceX will hold a mission overview briefing live from Florida on X.
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The Crew of Polaris Dawn will discuss the EVA Spacesuit.
2024-08-28T03:53:09+0000
SpacePolicyOnline.com
2024-08-27T20:27:46+0000
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2024-08-26T20:01:05+0000
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2024-08-26T18:35:06+0000
Arstechnica
2024-08-26T18:11:53+0000
Spaceflight Now
2024-08-25T00:36:36+0000
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2024-08-20T11:22:38+0000
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2024-08-20T03:10:40+0000
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2024-08-20T03:08:56+0000
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2024-08-19T21:08:20+0000
SpaceNews
2024-08-17T13:00:01+0000
CNBC
2024-07-03T17:20:00+0000
The Launch Pad
2024-05-10T16:22:04+0000
Teslarati
2024-05-07T13:09:05+0000
Arstechnica
2024-05-05T02:40:37+0000
SpaceNews
2024-02-11T00:19:10+0000
SpaceNews
2023-12-12T05:45:49+0000
The Launch Pad
2023-12-11T12:08:41+0000
SpaceNews
2023-08-22T21:56:09+0000
SpaceNews
2023-02-23T19:31:00+0000
The Launch Pad
2023-02-23T18:37:45+0000
SpaceNews
2022-10-25T11:09:17+0000
SpaceNews
2022-08-01T17:31:16+0000
SpaceNews
2022-05-12T11:04:09+0000
Teslarati
2022-05-10T21:33:32+0000
Spaceflight Now
2022-02-15T19:09:21+0000
NASASpaceflight
2022-02-14T22:29:55+0000
Teslarati
2022-02-14T20:39:36+0000
SpaceNews
2022-02-14T14:29:33+0000
Spaceflight Now