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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 22 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
Serial B1078
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 13
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location ASOG
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-23T18:25:24+0000
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-23T17:15:17+0000
Liftoff.
LL2
2024-06-23T17:06:25+0000
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Nosu
2024-06-22T21:55:01+0000
T-0 is accurate to the second
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-22T15:17:17+0000
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-21T22:35:35+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-20T11:56:31+0000
NET June 23.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-19T02:35:05+0000
Slip due to delays with Astra 1P launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-16T17:54:53+0000
NET June 21 per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-15T13:38:30+0000
No longer scheduled as the next Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral.
SwGustav
2024-06-14T21:32:16+0000
Launch abort, next attempt TBD
LL2
2024-06-14T20:58:31+0000
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-14T20:17:14+0000
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-14T17:20:09+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Jay
2024-06-14T01:26:00+0000
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-14T00:38:18+0000
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-14T00:23:28+0000
Scrubbed for the day.
Jay
2024-06-13T23:42:45+0000
Delayed to 00:30 UTC.
Nosu
2024-06-13T21:17:09+0000
Updating T-0
Nosu
2024-06-13T19:13:30+0000
Updating T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-13T16:18:57+0000
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-12T21:07:43+0000
Updated launch weather.
hitura-nobad
2024-06-12T20:16:09+0000
Standing down, delayed to June 13th
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-12T17:01:19+0000
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-12T16:42:18+0000
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-12T01:27:17+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-11T17:33:58+0000
Updated launch time.
Nosu
2024-06-11T15:19:25+0000
Weather 5%
Nosu
2024-06-07T13:59:52+0000
Delayed to June 12
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-07T11:41:53+0000
Added launch per marine navigation warnings. (Starlink Group no. from https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt.jsp)
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2024-06-22T19:34:36+0000
Spaceflight Now
2024-06-13T00:50:07+0000
Spaceflight Now
2024-06-10T22:18:02+0000
NASASpaceflight