SpaceX

Commercial

CEO: CEO: Elon Musk

Founding years : 2002

Agency Description

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.

Rocket Configs

Falcon 9


Height : 70 Meters

Max Stages : 2

Diameter : 3 Meters


Launch Success : 176

Consecutive Success : 176

Launch Failures : 0


Spacecraft Configs

Crew Dragon 2

Crew Flights to ISS


Human Rated : Yes

Height : 7 Metres

Diameter : 3 Metres


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Cargo Dragon 2

Cargo Earth Orbit Logistics


Human Rated : No

Height : 7 Metres

Diameter : 3 Metres


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