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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 21 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 315
Consecutive Success 18
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Serial B1061
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 22
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location OCISLY
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-08-22T10:43:56+0000
Launch success.
hitura-nobad
2023-08-22T09:37:49+0000
Liftoff
LL2
2023-08-22T09:32:32+0000
Livestream has started
hitura-nobad
2023-08-22T08:17:30+0000
T-0 now 09:37:30 UTC
hitura-nobad
2023-08-22T06:18:47+0000
T-0 now 09:26 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-08-22T04:38:27+0000
New T-0 08:36:00 UTC.
Jay
2023-08-22T02:17:36+0000
Now targeting 07:45:20 UTC
hitura-nobad
2023-08-21T18:10:33+0000
Setting GO
hitura-nobad
2023-08-20T04:13:30+0000
Added seconds to T-0 and updated launch window
Jay
2023-08-17T23:20:26+0000
Delayed due to Hurricane Hilary impacting recovery operations in the Pacific. NET August 22nd UTC.
Nosu
2023-08-17T20:38:26+0000
Adding seconds to T-0 and backup opportunity
Nosu
2023-08-17T08:25:01+0000
Delayed by a day to August 18 at 7:30 UTC
hitura-nobad
2023-08-17T06:00:26+0000
New T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-08-17T02:50:01+0000
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-08-16T23:09:58+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-08-16T01:33:51+0000
GO for launch.
SwGustav
2023-08-16T00:47:59+0000
Adjusting T-0
Nosu
2023-08-12T09:42:23+0000
Adding approximate launch window per latest NGA Space Debris notice
Nosu
2023-08-11T19:21:56+0000
Targeting August 17 per NOTAM A6218/23
Nosu
2023-07-10T07:29:36+0000
Adding launch NET mid-August
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2023-08-22T21:28:56+0000
Teslarati
2023-08-21T18:01:33+0000
NASASpaceflight
2023-08-18T19:32:07+0000
Teslarati
2023-08-16T19:34:40+0000
NASASpaceflight
2023-08-16T18:52:04+0000
Teslarati