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.
Type: Commercial
Successful Launch / Total Launch: 638 / 653
Number of launch attempt this year: 38
Launchers: Falcon | Starship
Spacecraft: Dragon
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
Successful Launch / Total Launch : 559 / 560
Height: 70.0 m
Diameter: 3.65 m
Liftoff Mass: 549 t
Liftoff Thrust: 7607 kN
Cost: 52000000 €
LEO / GTO capacity: 22800 kg / 8300 kg
Apogee: 200 km
1st flight: 2018-05-11
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Type: Communications
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Window: 2026-03-28 23:03:00GMT / 03:03:00GMT
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Launches from the pad this year / Total launches from the pad: 18 / 254
Total launches from the location: 869
Timezone: America/Los_Angeles