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SpaceX

Commercial · US

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.

Key figures

Total launches
705
Successes
690
Failures
15
Success rate
97.9 %
Success streak
190
Planned launches
128
Founded
2002
Leadership
CEO: Elon Musk
Spacecraft
Dragon

Rocket fleet

Falcon 9 Block 5675×Falcon 9 Full Thrust25×Falcon Heavy19×Falcon 9 v1.115×Falcon 9 Block 412×Starship Prototype9×Starship V16×Starship V25×Falcon 9 v1.05×Falcon 15×Starship V32×Starship1×

Launches per year

of which in our database: 779

2006: 1 Failures120062007: 1 Failures12008: 1 Successes2008: 1 Failures220082009: 1 Successes12010: 2 Successes220102012: 1 Successes2012: 1 Failures22013: 3 Successes320132014: 6 Successes62015: 6 Successes2015: 1 Failures720152016: 8 Successes2016: 1 Failures92017: 18 Successes1820172018: 21 Successes212019: 15 Successes1520192020: 28 Successes2020: 1 Failures292021: 33 Successes2021: 2 Failures3520212022: 61 Successes612023: 96 Successes2023: 2 Failures9820232024: 137 Successes2024: 1 Failures1382025: 167 Successes2025: 3 Failures17020252026: 86 Successes2026: 56 Other/planned1422027: 18 Other/planned182027
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. Mar 24, 2006🚀 Maiden flightFalconSAT-2View launch →▶ Video
  2. Sep 3, 2016💥 FailureAmos 6 (Failure before launch)View launch →▶ Video
  3. Dec 9, 2020💥 Failure12.5 km FlightView launch →▶ Video
  4. Feb 2, 2021💥 Failure10 km FlightView launch →▶ Video
  5. Mar 30, 2021💥 Failure10 km FlightView launch →▶ Video
  6. Apr 20, 2023💥 FailureIntegrated Flight TestView launch →▶ Video
  7. Nov 18, 2023💥 FailureIntegrated Flight Test 2View launch →▶ Video
  8. Jul 12, 2024💥 FailureStarlink Group 9-3View launch →▶ Video
  9. Sep 28, 2024👨‍🚀 Crewed flightCrew-9View launch →▶ Video
  10. Jan 16, 2025💥 FailureFlight 7View launch →▶ Video
  11. Mar 6, 2025💥 FailureFlight 8View launch →▶ Video
  12. Mar 14, 2025👨‍🚀 Crewed flightCrew-10View launch →▶ Video
  13. Apr 1, 2025👨‍🚀 Crewed flightFram2View launch →▶ Video
  14. May 27, 2025💥 FailureFlight 9View launch →▶ Video
  15. Jun 25, 2025👨‍🚀 Crewed flightAxiom Space Mission 4View launch →▶ Video
  16. Aug 1, 2025👨‍🚀 Crewed flightCrew-11View launch →▶ Video
  17. Feb 13, 2026👨‍🚀 Crewed flightCrew-12View launch →▶ Video
  18. Jul 21, 2026⏭️ Next launchStarlink Group 17-39View launch →▶ Video

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