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.

Type

Communications

Target Orbit

Medium Earth Orbit

3 high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.

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

Unknown Pad, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.