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Launched 2020-10-18 12:25:57 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Landed
B1051 Landed
The first stage landed on Of Course I Still Love You, on its 6th flight.
Worldwide
81st
orbital launch attempt in 2020
SpaceX
20th
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
8th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
12 d
since the pad's previous launch
A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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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