A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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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 has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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 53
Consecutive Success 53
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 0
Serial B1051
Status Active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 8
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location JRTI
Nosu
2021-01-20T14:09:05+0000
Successful launch
JRascagneres
2021-01-19T02:55:25+0000
Update NET from SpaceX Twitter
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-01-18T03:07:12+0000
Delayed for 24 hours.
SwGustav
2021-01-15T15:27:26+0000
Weather 70%
SwGustav
2021-01-14T22:41:22+0000
Delayed by a day
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-01-12T02:24:48+0000
Updated launch time.
SwGustav
2021-01-09T20:24:48+0000
Adding the launch, T-0 will be slightly adjusted once known
2021-01-20T19:30:17+0000
Teslarati
2021-01-20T15:36:40+0000
SpaceNews
2021-01-20T12:15:38+0000
Arstechnica
2021-01-20T05:34:05+0000
NASA Spaceflight
2021-01-18T23:34:05+0000
NASA Spaceflight
2021-01-18T05:34:55+0000
Spaceflight Now
2021-01-17T20:15:43+0000
Teslarati
2021-01-14T10:06:35+0000
Teslarati