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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 53 satellites for 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 B1062
Status destroyed
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 23
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location JRTI
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-04-29T22:29:10+0000
Launch success
Jay
2022-04-29T21:27:33+0000
Liftoff
SwGustav
2022-04-29T20:58:56+0000
Weather 90%
SwGustav
2022-04-28T21:50:14+0000
Setting GO and adjusting T-0
Jay
2022-04-26T16:04:27+0000
Weather 80%
Nosu
2022-04-23T07:25:13+0000
Adding T-0
Nosu
2022-04-22T16:17:22+0000
NET April 29
Nosu
2022-03-24T06:57:03+0000
Adding launch NET April 23
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