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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 52 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
Serial B1071
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 20
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location OCISLY
Nosu
2023-03-17T19:49:19+0000
Successful launch of 52 Starlink satellites.
Nosu
2023-03-17T19:27:00+0000
Liftoff
LL2
2023-03-17T19:18:48+0000
Livestream has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-17T03:31:34+0000
Tweak in T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-16T18:04:02+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-14T18:00:09+0000
NET March 17
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-13T16:05:04+0000
Updated tentative launch window.
Nosu
2023-03-11T13:36:12+0000
Delayed to March 16 per marine navigation notices.
Nosu
2023-03-11T08:07:10+0000
Targeting approximately 18:30 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-09T23:03:55+0000
New launch date per marine navigation notices.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-08T19:33:13+0000
New launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Nosu
2023-02-09T21:59:05+0000
Adding launch NET late February
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2023-03-17T17:52:14+0000
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