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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 342
Consecutive Success 45
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Serial B1082
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 8
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location OCISLY
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-03T04:50:37+0000
Launch success.
Jay
2024-01-03T03:44:31+0000
Liftoff
LL2
2024-01-03T03:16:11+0000
Livestream has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-03T02:23:54+0000
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-03T01:50:57+0000
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-02T02:40:53+0000
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-29T03:27:58+0000
Slipped to NET January 3 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-22T18:30:29+0000
NET December 31 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-16T02:34:27+0000
Long delay to December 29 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-15T06:42:41+0000
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-15T06:11:36+0000
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-15T04:46:14+0000
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-15T03:29:23+0000
New T-0.
Jay
2023-12-14T23:40:04+0000
Setting GO
Nosu
2023-12-14T21:29:50+0000
Updating launch window
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-13T01:38:08+0000
Slipped to December 15.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-11T03:14:25+0000
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-09T17:01:51+0000
Targeting December 14 UTC per NOTAM B1093/23.
Nosu
2023-09-20T07:15:50+0000
Adding launch
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
2024-01-10T21:54:26+0000
CNBC
2024-01-03T06:25:32+0000
SpaceNews
2023-12-13T20:57:34+0000
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