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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 342
Consecutive Success 45
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-20T18:15:00+0000
Postponed to NET November 24 UTC per NOTAMs B1540/24 & B1541/24.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-16T17:35:00+0000
Targeting NET November 22 UTC per NOTAMs R0287/24.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-02T16:33:00+0000
Postponed back to October TBD with lack of air/marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-01T00:00:00+0000
NET October 4.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-29T05:33:00+0000
Added launch.
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2024-11-20T00:05:12+0000
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