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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 23 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 331
Consecutive Success 34
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Serial B1073
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 18
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location ASOG
Nosu
2024-08-12T11:50:31+0000
Launch success
hitura-nobad
2024-08-12T10:37:18+0000
Liftoff
LL2
2024-08-12T10:28:40+0000
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-11T16:49:30+0000
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-11T15:33:07+0000
Confirm rescheduled for August 12.
Nosu
2024-08-11T15:01:08+0000
Abort at T-46 seconds. Next opportunities on August 12.
LL2
2024-08-11T14:50:44+0000
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Nosu
2024-08-11T14:15:29+0000
Targeting the end of the window
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-11T11:52:12+0000
New T-0.
Nosu
2024-08-11T09:34:10+0000
Updating T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-11T01:15:41+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-10T11:15:58+0000
Slipped to August 11.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-10T00:33:24+0000
GO for launch.
Nosu
2024-08-08T19:37:27+0000
Weather 90%, trending towards 80% at the end of the window
Nosu
2024-08-08T17:53:55+0000
Updating launch window
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-08T06:52:35+0000
Launch time is accurate to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-06T07:29:58+0000
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-04T17:18:22+0000
Added launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-04T03:03:09+0000
Targeting NET August 10 per NOTAMs F2789/24.
Nosu
2024-03-13T09:04:46+0000
Adding launch NET April
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2024-08-12T19:27:08+0000
Teslarati
2024-08-11T04:57:58+0000
Spaceflight Now
2024-08-05T20:01:40+0000
NASASpaceflight