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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 the 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 B1067
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 21
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location ASOG
hitura-nobad
2023-08-17T04:43:10+0000
launch success
hitura-nobad
2023-08-17T03:37:25+0000
Liftoff
LL2
2023-08-17T03:28:52+0000
Livestream has started
Jay
2023-08-17T00:25:11+0000
Targeting third backup opportunity at 03:36:50 UTC
Jay
2023-08-16T18:54:58+0000
Now targeting the second backup opportunity at 01:55:50 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-08-16T01:32:31+0000
GO for launch.
hitura-nobad
2023-08-15T04:26:40+0000
Updated launch window and T-0
hitura-nobad
2023-08-14T18:08:11+0000
Weather now 20% GO at the start, improving to 65% towards the end.
hitura-nobad
2023-08-13T18:04:48+0000
launch set TBC, Adjusted launch window based on weather forecast valid timeframe. Weather 25% go at the start of the window, increasing to 70% at the end.
Nosu
2023-08-12T09:44:29+0000
Adding approximate launch window per latest NGA Space Debris notice
Nosu
2023-08-10T08:34:34+0000
Targeting early August 17 UTC per NOTAM F2629/23
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-08-07T16:05:43+0000
NET August 14.
Nosu
2023-05-22T08:24:49+0000
Adding launch
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2023-08-18T19:32:07+0000
Teslarati
2023-08-16T19:34:40+0000
NASASpaceflight
2023-08-16T18:52:04+0000
Teslarati