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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulBooster landing failedFalcon 9 Block 5
Launched 2018-12-05 18:16:16 UTCSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Booster landing failed
Landing failed at Landing Zone 1
B1050, 1st flight
Worldwide
103rd
orbital launch attempt in 2018
SpaceX
20th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 40
11th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
86 d 13 h
since the pad's previous launch
SpaceX launched the Dragon spacecraft on their 16th operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight was conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
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.
Launches
742
Successful
727
98%
Landings
687
of 715
Upcoming
136
scheduled
Height
70m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
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