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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 24 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 357
Consecutive Success 60
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Serial B1069
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 20
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location ASOG
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-25T23:16:57+0000
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-25T22:06:31+0000
Liftoff.
LL2
2024-02-25T21:58:29+0000
Livestream has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-25T19:34:45+0000
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-25T02:06:33+0000
Launch time accurate to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-25T00:26:58+0000
Scrubbed for the day.
SwGustav
2024-02-24T22:46:18+0000
Updating T-0
SwGustav
2024-02-24T21:39:42+0000
Updating T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-24T06:14:06+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-23T16:16:51+0000
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-21T23:26:58+0000
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-20T04:37:32+0000
Added launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-09T07:39:03+0000
Targeting NET early February 24 UTC per NOTAM A0490/24 & F0550/24.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-08T16:15:29+0000
Marine navigation warnings retracted, new launch date TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-07T11:43:40+0000
Launch delayed to account for delays with previous Falcon 9 launches.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-04T05:09:14+0000
Tweaked launch window.
Nosu
2024-02-03T09:54:47+0000
Adding approximate launch window
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-03T00:44:22+0000
Targeting NET February 10 UTC per NOTAM F0471/24.
Nosu
2023-12-20T10:21:19+0000
Adding launch
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2024-02-23T03:49:22+0000
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