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Launched 2015-12-22 01:29 UTCSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Landed
B1019 Landed
The first stage landed at Landing Zone 1, on its 1st flight.
Worldwide
85th
orbital launch attempt in 2015
SpaceX
7th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 40
7th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
176 d 11 h
since the pad's previous launch
11 next generation Orbcomm-2 F satellites will be launched into Low Earth Orbit to enhance Orbcomm’s existing M2M network. The satellites will feature larger message and better performance, as well as providing better global coverage. Each of the new second generation satellites will be equivalent to 6 first generation craft.
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
71m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
6,804kN
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