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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 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 357
Consecutive Success 60
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
SwGustav
2022-12-28T10:46:08+0000
Successful launch and deployment of 54 Starlink satellites
SwGustav
2022-12-28T09:34:23+0000
Liftoff
SwGustav
2022-12-28T09:29:11+0000
Coverage live
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-12-28T09:11:08+0000
Launch time moved up a few minutes.
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-12-28T00:28:57+0000
Launch confirmed.
Nosu
2022-12-27T06:48:58+0000
Adjusting T-0
Nosu
2022-12-25T19:07:29+0000
Weather >90%
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-12-23T05:04:02+0000
Added launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Nosu
2022-12-18T10:32:52+0000
Now targeting approximately 10:00 UTC.
Nosu
2022-12-15T09:21:07+0000
Targeting December 28 at approximately 08:19 UTC.
Jay
2022-10-29T01:08:43+0000
Adding launch NET December
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