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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 ASOG
Jay
2022-08-19T19:39:25+0000
Payload deployment confirmed
Jay
2022-08-19T19:21:46+0000
Liftoff
Jay
2022-08-19T19:14:49+0000
Webcast live
Jay
2022-08-19T19:08:05+0000
Weather 70%
Nosu
2022-08-19T06:56:02+0000
Adding seconds to T-0
Jay
2022-08-18T23:59:34+0000
Adjusting T-0, setting GO
Nosu
2022-08-18T18:16:05+0000
Weather 50%
Jay
2022-08-16T13:26:54+0000
Weather 40%
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-08-12T23:00:30+0000
Added launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-08-12T03:31:22+0000
NET August 19 based on marine space closure noticed
Nosu
2022-07-22T15:15:28+0000
Adding launch TBD August
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
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