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: 41
Launchers: Falcon | Starship
Spacecraft: Dragon
Third development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
Successful Launch / Total Launch : 0 / 0
Height: 124.4 m
Diameter: 9.0 m
Liftoff Mass: 5250 t
Liftoff Thrust: 80807 kN
Cost: - €
LEO / GTO capacity: 100000 kg / - kg
Apogee: - km
1st flight: -
12th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Maiden Flight of Starship V3
Type: Test Flight
Orbit: Suborbital (Sub)
Window: 2026-04 NDY
Location: SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Launches from the pad this year / Total launches from the pad: 0 / 0
Total launches from the location: 20
Timezone: America/Chicago