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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 54 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. This is the last launch of the v1.5 Starlink satellites.
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 B1060
Status expended
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 20
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location ASOG
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-07-16T04:56:31+0000
Launch success.
SwGustav
2023-07-16T03:50:55+0000
Liftoff
LL2
2023-07-16T03:42:18+0000
Livestream has started
Nosu
2023-07-14T20:59:27+0000
Delayed to July 15 (local), 3:50 UTC on July 16
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-07-14T05:26:29+0000
GO for launch July 15.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-07-14T04:45:15+0000
Scrubbed for the day, NET 24 hours turnaround.
hitura-nobad
2023-07-14T04:40:55+0000
Hold, launch aborted at T-40s
LL2
2023-07-14T04:32:45+0000
Livestream has started
Nosu
2023-07-13T06:48:46+0000
Weather 85%
Jay
2023-07-12T22:15:47+0000
Setting GO
Nosu
2023-07-11T19:58:33+0000
Adding seconds to T-0
Nosu
2023-07-11T06:19:33+0000
Updating T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-07-10T16:40:00+0000
NET July 14.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-07-08T12:14:43+0000
Added launch window.
Nosu
2023-06-21T13:24:24+0000
Starlink Group 5-8 cancelled, repurposing this entry for the Starlink Group 5-15 launch NET July.
Nosu
2023-05-22T09:19:39+0000
Adding launch
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2023-07-17T15:34:35+0000
Teslarati
2023-07-11T17:03:16+0000
NASASpaceflight