Mission Log

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Country

United States of America

Founded

2002

Leadership

CEO: Elon Musk

Launch Record

694 success, 15 failed

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.

Mission

Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Type

Dedicated Rideshare

Target Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Height

70.0 m

Diameter

3.65 m

Liftoff Mass

549.0 t

Liftoff Thrust

7607.0 kN

Mass to LEO

22800.0 kg

Mass to GTO

8300.0 kg

Reusable

Yes

Maiden Flight

2018-05-11

Launch Success

612 / 614

Consecutive Success

315

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.

Serial

Unknown F9

Status

N/A

Flight Proven

No

Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) is a launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, U.S. The pad was previously used by Atlas and Titan rockets between 1963 and 2005. The pad was built for use by Atlas-Agena rockets, but was later rebuilt to handle Titan rockets.