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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 352
Consecutive Success 55
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 JRTI
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-10-18T01:46:08+0000
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-10-18T00:39:38+0000
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-10-18T00:07:41+0000
T-0 accurate to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-10-17T23:26:20+0000
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-10-17T16:07:12+0000
New T-0.
Nosu
2023-10-17T10:41:36+0000
Weather 95%
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-10-17T01:31:52+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Jay
2023-10-17T00:09:01+0000
Adjusting T-0 and setting GO
Nosu
2023-10-12T19:37:29+0000
NET October 17
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-10-11T18:14:49+0000
NET October 16.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-10-11T03:08:09+0000
NET October 15 LT.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-10-09T14:52:29+0000
Added launch window.
Nosu
2023-10-08T19:31:10+0000
Targeting October 14 per NOTAM F3297/23
Nosu
2023-05-22T10:44:24+0000
Adding launch
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2023-10-17T16:24:43+0000
Teslarati
2023-10-17T15:49:18+0000
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