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    astronauts, to be departing from South Texas," and eventually launching spacecraft to Mars from the site. Between 2012 and 2014, SpaceX considered seven potential...
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    4E (SLC-4E), Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), and Brownsville South Texas Launch Site (Starbase). Space Launch Complex 40 was damaged...
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    the construction of a control facility for the SpaceX South Texas launch site, while the launch site itself was slated to be built just 2 miles further...
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    heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX. As of September 2024, it is the most massive and powerful vehicle ever to fly. SpaceX has developed...
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    SpaceX has privately funded the development of orbital launch systems that can be reused many times, similar to the reusability of aircraft. SpaceX has...
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    family have been launched 386 times, with 383 full mission successes, three failures, and one partial failure. Designed and operated by SpaceX, the Falcon...
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    This is a corporate history of SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company founded by Elon Musk. After being ousted...
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    Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launch service provider and satellite...
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    Super Heavy is the first stage of the SpaceX Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle, which it composes in combination with the Starship second-stage...
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    Rocket launches at the nearby SpaceX South Texas launch site at Boca Chica have attracted thousands of tourists. The town of South Padre Island is located at...
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    company SpaceX, providing coverage to over 100 countries and territories. It also aims to provide global mobile broadband. SpaceX started launching Starlink...
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  • at SpaceX's Texas launch site". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) "SpaceX launches test...
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    American aerospace company SpaceX. Stacked atop its booster, the Super Heavy, the pair compose SpaceX's new super heavy-lift space vehicle, also called Starship...
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    Starship flight test 1 was the maiden flight of the integrated SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on April 20, 2023. The prototype...
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    the US The FAA approved a SpaceX private spaceport east of Brownsville on the Gulf Coast. The SpaceX South Texas Launch Site is projected to employ 75–100...
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    in addition to launches from Vandenberg, SpaceX mentioned planning for up to 70 launches each year from its two Florida launch sites when it filed an...
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    historic Apollo 11 moon landing and the Space Shuttle. The site is currently leased by SpaceX and supports launches of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets...
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    an early test article for the SpaceX Starship, occurred at the SpaceX South Texas Launch Site near Brownsville, Texas in July and August 2019 with flights...
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    2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018. "Spacex signs Argentina's space agency for two Falcon 9 launches" (Press release). SpaceX. 16 April 2009. Archived from the...
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    Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. The site and its collection...
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    Space Shuttle abort modes were procedures by which the nominal launch of the NASA Space Shuttle could be terminated. A pad abort occurred after ignition...
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    privately funded by SpaceX, with no funds provided by any government until later on. Two prototypes were built, and both were launched from the ground. The...
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  • Starship flight test 2 was the second flight test of the SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on November 18, 2023. The mission's...
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    Environmental Impact Statement: SpaceX Texas Launch Site (PDF) (Report). Vol. 1. Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Commercial Space Transportation. pp. 2–3...
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    the SpaceX South Texas launch site (now Starbase), a spaceport for private spaceflight east of Brownsville on the Gulf Coast in 2014. The launch facility...
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    Falcon Heavy orbital launch vehicles manufactured by SpaceX. The manufacture of first-stage booster constitutes about 60% of the launch price of a single...
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    By recovering and reusing these boosters, SpaceX has significantly reduced the cost of space launch. SpaceX operates three ASDS: Just Read the Instructions...
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  • "Starlink Mission 10-6". SpaceX. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024. "Rocket Lab Successfully Completes Latest Launch for Synspective". Rocket Lab...
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    space tourism, low-cost small orbital launch vehicles, and intercontinental sub-orbital spaceflight. Elon Musk's SpaceX, which seeks to colonize Mars as well...
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    Patrick Space Force Base, the station is the primary launch site for the Space Force's Eastern Range with three launch pads currently active (Space Launch Complexes...
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