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: 640 / 655
Number of launch attempt this year: 44
Launchers: Falcon | Starship
Spacecraft: Dragon
The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, one of the eight U.S. uniformed services.
Type: Government
Successful Launch / Total Launch : 0 / 0
Launchers: -
Spacecraft: -
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 : 561 / 562
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
Tenth of ten GPS III missions.
Type: Navigation
Orbit: Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
Window: 2026-04 NDY
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launches from the pad this year / Total launches from the pad: 22 / 373
Total launches from the location: 1096
Timezone: America/New_York