Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, is a private space exploration company. It was the world's first privately held company to successfully launch a cargo mission into space , cargo to the ISS (International Space Station), land and reuse a booster, and a crewed mission into orbit. See the wiki for related tags.
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, is a private space exploration company. It was the world's first privately held company to successfully launch a cargo mission into space. They were also the first company to launch cargo to the ISS. In addition, they were the first company to recover and reuse the first stage boosters. Finally, they were also the first company to launch crew into orbit.
They developed launchers:
- Falcon 1 (retired): falcon-1
- Falcon 9 (v1.0, v1.1 retired, Full Thrust active): falcon-9 falcon9-r
- Falcon Heavy (active): falcon-heavy
- Super Heavy, and Starship, formerly BFR (under development): spacex-super-heavy starship
They developed the engines:
- Kestrel (retired): kestrel
- Draco (active): draco
- SuperDraco (active): super-draco
- Merlin family (1D is active): merlin-1d
- Raptor (under development): raptor
They developed space vehicles:
- Dragon (active): dragon
- Dragon 2 (active): dragon-v2 crew-dragon red-dragon
- Starship (under development): spacex-starship
Famous payloads:
- Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR): dscovr
- Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster (carrying Starman): tesla-roadster
- Dragon 2 capsule Endeavour
