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SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.

Polaris Dawn

No earlier than summer 2024, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Polaris Dawn mission from Florida. Dragon and the Polaris Dawn crew will spend up to five days in orbit.

Polaris Dawn

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Human Exploration

Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Probability: 80%
B1083 - Just Read the Instructions

First mission of the privately funded Polaris program. The goal of this mission, lasting up to five days in orbit, is to fly higher than previous Dragon missions, perform the first-ever commercial EVA with SpaceX-designed spacesuits, orbit through portions of the Van Allen radiation belt, conduct medical research, and test laser-based Starlink communications in space.

Telemetry

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 10, 2024, 9:41 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 10, 2024, 9:24 a.m.

Liftoff.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 10, 2024, 8:26 a.m.

Updated launch weather predictions.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 10, 2024, 8:07 a.m.

Updated launch weather predictions.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 10, 2024, 6:57 a.m.

New T-0 due to weather.


Falcon 9

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Configuration: Block 5

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.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1083

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: March 4, 2024
Last Flight: January 21, 2025
Flights: 8
Landings Attempted: 8
Landings Successful: 8
Previous B1083 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1083 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 4th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.

Crew Dragon Resilience


Active Human Rated Crew On-board: 4 Crew Capacity: 4 Payload Capacity: 6000 kg
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Serial Number: C207

Crew Dragon Resilience was used for the Crew-1 mission.

Crew Dragon 2 Details

Crew


Jared Isaacman

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( SpX )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Feb. 11, 1983
Age: 41

Scott Poteet

Pilot - configurations.Country.None - ( SpX )

Status: In-Training

Date of Birth: Jan. 1, 1970
Age: 55

Anna Menon

Mission Specialist - configurations.Country.None - ( SpX )

Status: In-Training

Date of Birth: None
Age: None

Sarah Gillis

Mission Specialist - configurations.Country.None - ( SpX )

Status: In-Training

Date of Birth: Jan. 1, 1990
Age: 35

SpaceX

SpaceX

(SpX)

CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 448 Failures: 13 Pending: 108

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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.

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Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 11 hours ago
Starlink Group 11-6
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 3
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Falcon 9
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Starlink Group 13-1
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