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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 293
Consecutive Success 293
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 0
Nosu
2024-06-23T11:07:34+0000
Updating window
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-21T09:51:48+0000
Targeting NET June 27 per NOTAMs F2191/24.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-20T22:38:51+0000
Reverted back to June TBD due to delays with previous launches from the same pad.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-19T02:32:57+0000
Targeting NET June 27 per NOTAMs F2191/24.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-21T05:53:42+0000
Added launch.
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX