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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 34 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. BlueWalker 3 is a rideshare test satellite for AST SpaceMobile’s planned space-based cellular broadband network.
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 315
Consecutive Success 18
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Serial B1058
Status lost
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 19
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location ASOG
SwGustav
2022-09-11T04:01:12+0000
Successful deployment of Starlink satellites and BlueWalker 3
SwGustav
2022-09-11T01:20:12+0000
Liftoff
SwGustav
2022-09-11T01:15:18+0000
Coverage live
SwGustav
2022-09-11T00:31:15+0000
Updating T-0
Nosu
2022-09-09T18:57:25+0000
Setting GO
Nosu
2022-09-08T16:04:49+0000
Adjusting T-0
Nosu
2022-09-08T07:33:21+0000
Adjusting T-0
Nosu
2022-09-08T06:39:01+0000
Updating T-0 to approximately 01:00 UTC (9pm EDT).
Nosu
2022-09-07T11:40:32+0000
Weather 60%
Nosu
2022-09-03T21:56:41+0000
Adjusting T-0
Nosu
2022-09-01T07:03:26+0000
Reportedly targeting September 10 at approximately 23:50 UTC.
Nosu
2022-08-16T06:54:28+0000
Adding rideshare payload
Nosu
2022-08-10T08:51:08+0000
NET September
Nosu
2022-06-02T07:08:20+0000
Adding launch NET August
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