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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 B1078
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 12
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location JRTI
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-09-16T04:49:26+0000
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-09-16T03:38:41+0000
Liftoff.
Jay
2023-09-15T00:49:42+0000
Delayed to NET tomorrow due to weather
Nosu
2023-09-14T15:35:00+0000
Setting GO
hitura-nobad
2023-09-13T19:32:24+0000
Weather 65% GO
Nosu
2023-09-12T19:42:12+0000
Updating T-0 and window to match launch opportunities
Nosu
2023-09-11T15:05:46+0000
Updating launch window
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-09-10T16:52:50+0000
Adjusting launch window based on marine navigation warnings.
Nosu
2023-09-10T07:53:05+0000
Adding approximate launch time
Nosu
2023-09-07T15:33:17+0000
Targeting September 15 per NOTAM F2969/23
Nosu
2023-05-22T09:05:49+0000
Adding launch
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2023-09-12T02:26:27+0000
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