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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 22 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 342
Consecutive Success 45
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Serial B1077
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 16
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location ASOG
hitura-nobad
2023-09-01T04:42:19+0000
Launch successful.
SwGustav
2023-09-01T02:23:12+0000
Liftoff
LL2
2023-09-01T02:18:31+0000
Livestream has started
Jay
2023-09-01T00:57:37+0000
Updated T-0
SwGustav
2023-09-01T00:34:13+0000
New T-0
SwGustav
2023-08-31T23:19:02+0000
Adjusting T-0
Nosu
2023-08-31T06:32:31+0000
Updating T-0 and setting GO. Seconds precision from pre-launch SupGP data provided to CelesTrak.
hitura-nobad
2023-08-29T17:11:01+0000
Weather 20% GO at the start of the window, improving to 50% towards the end.
Nosu
2023-08-29T06:16:27+0000
Updating T-0 and window to match launch opportunities
Nosu
2023-08-25T12:52:28+0000
Delayed to August 31
Nosu
2023-08-24T07:04:58+0000
Adding launch window on August 29 UTC
Nosu
2023-05-22T08:36:49+0000
Adding launch
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2023-08-31T19:56:43+0000
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