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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 51 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 312
Consecutive Success 15
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Serial B1061
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 22
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location OCISLY
Nosu
2023-03-03T19:01:32+0000
Successful launch of 51 Starlink satellites
Nosu
2023-03-03T18:49:26+0000
End of live coverage. Deployment at T+15:22
Nosu
2023-03-03T18:39:05+0000
Liftoff
Nosu
2023-03-03T18:26:32+0000
Livestream has started
Nosu
2023-03-02T22:32:07+0000
Adding seconds to T-0
Nosu
2023-03-02T19:50:01+0000
Delayed to March 3 at 18:38 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-02T16:31:54+0000
Launch slipped for several hours.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-01T06:48:30+0000
Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-01T01:35:07+0000
Moved by one more day.
Nosu
2023-02-28T15:55:37+0000
Delayed to March 1, with a likely further delay if Crew-6 proceeds on March 2.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-27T17:04:06+0000
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-27T16:02:00+0000
Delay by at least one day due to weather.
Nosu
2023-02-27T08:34:17+0000
Adjusting T-0
SwGustav
2023-02-25T18:48:26+0000
Weather 30%
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-25T02:30:55+0000
Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-23T00:27:05+0000
Added launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Nosu
2023-02-20T13:46:48+0000
NET February 27
Nosu
2023-02-09T22:02:18+0000
Adding launch NET late February
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2023-03-03T17:59:47+0000
NASASpaceflight
2023-02-27T22:59:47+0000
NASASpaceflight