Organization · USA · Founded 2002
SpaceX
- Country
- USA
- Founded
- 2002
- Missions
- 16
- Hardware
- 3
- Programmes
- 1
Programmes
Programmes
Flights
Missions
Starship Flight 14
First Earth orbit and 26 Starlink V3 satellites; an engine issue shortened the mission before Pacific return.
Starship Flight 13
Twenty Starlink V3 satellites released on a suborbital path; the ship survived splashdown and was recovered, while the booster hit hard.
Starship Flight 12
V3 and Pad 2 debut; the ship flew and splashed down softly, while booster return failed.
Starship Flight 11
Final V2 flight; more dummy deployments, an engine relight, and controlled return.
Starship Flight 10
Return to a successful flight profile: dummy Starlink deployment and controlled ship descent.
Starship Flight 9
First booster reflight; ship and booster were lost during return.
Starship Flight 8
The booster returned to the tower; the ship was lost after engine trouble.
Starship Flight 7
V2 ship debut and another booster catch; the upper stage was lost during ascent.
Starship Flight 6
First in-space Raptor relight; the booster splashed down instead of being caught.
Starship Flight 5
First Super Heavy tower catch; the ship made a controlled Indian Ocean splashdown.
Starship Flight 4
Both stages completed controlled returns and soft splashdowns for the first time.
Starship Flight 3
The ship completed ascent; payload-door and internal propellant-transfer tests followed.
Starship Flight 2
First successful hot staging; both stages were later lost.
Starship Flight 1
First full-stack launch; engine and control losses ended the flight.
Crew Dragon Demo-1
Uncrewed end-to-end orbital demonstration of Crew Dragon, including autonomous docking with the International Space Station and recovery in the Atlantic Ocean.
Falcon Heavy Demonstration Mission
První demonstrační let Falconu Heavy; oba postranní stupně úspěšně přistály, zatímco centrální stupeň se při přistávacím zážehu nepodařilo zachránit.
Hardware
Rockets and spacecraft
History
Key events
- Founding of SpaceXElon Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies Corp. with the goal of reducing the cost of transport to space and enabling the colonization of Mars.
- Falcon 1After three previous failures, Falcon 1 became the first privately developed liquid-propellant launch vehicle in history to reach Earth orbit.
- Dragon to the ISSThe Dragon cargo ship (COTS 2+/Dragon C2+ mission) became the first privately developed spacecraft in history to dock with the International Space Station.
- Falcon Heavy Demonstration Mission
- Falcon HeavyFalcon Heavy, then the most powerful operational launch vehicle in the world, lifted off successfully, and for the first time in history two side boosters landed back on Earth simultaneously.
- Crew Dragon Demo-1
- Crew Dragon Demo-2The Crew Dragon spacecraft carried astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken to the ISS — the first crewed orbital flight launched by a private company in history.
- Starship Flight 1