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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.
Superbird-9 is a high throughput communication satellite. It is designed to deliver broadcast and broadband missions in Ku band primarily over Japan and Eastern Asia, in response to mobility and broadband demands.
Height 120.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 21000 kg
Liftoff Thrust 72000 kN
Diameter 9.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 100000 kg
Liftoff Mass 5000 Tonnes
Launch Success 4
Consecutive Success 4
Maiden Flight 2023-04-20
Launch Failures 2
2022-08-18T21:12:15+0000
Teslarati
2022-08-18T19:41:17+0000
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