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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.
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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 322
Consecutive Success 25
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-08T00:57:00+0000
No longer scheduled for NET October 11 with marine navigation warnings cancelled.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-06T04:11:00+0000
NET October 11 per new marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-04T06:44:00+0000
No longer scheduled for NET October 10.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-02T02:59:00+0000
Delayed to NET October 10.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-01T00:00:00+0000
Reverted back to October 4 per NOTAMs F3600/24.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-30T16:29:00+0000
NET October 5.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-30T00:20:00+0000
NET October 4 per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-29T05:07:00+0000
Postponed to October TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-24T23:01:00+0000
NET October 2 to accommodate slip for Dragon Crew-9 launch (note: launch window as indicated is incorrect, refer to NOTAMs F3506/24 for day-by-day slip).
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-23T23:51:00+0000
Targeting NET September 30 per NOTAMs F3506/24.
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2024-09-30T21:22:09+0000
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