Where is SpaceX located and what is their latest launch all about?
The Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launcher, and satellite communications corporation headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the stated goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars.
The company manufactures the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, several rocket engines, Cargo Dragon and Crew Dragon spacecraft, and Starlink communications satellites. As of 2023, SpaceX operates four launch facilities: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E), Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), and Brownsville South Texas Launch Site (Starbase).
Space Launch Complex 40 was damaged in the AMOS-6 accident in September 2016 and repair work was completed by December 2017. SpaceX believes that they can optimize their launch operations, and reduce launch costs, by dividing their launch missions amongst these four launch facilities: LC-39A for NASA launches, SLC-40 for United States Space Force national security launches, SLC-4E for polar launches, and South Texas Launch Site for commercial launches.
While SpaceX have certainly had their fair share of success, their last mission was not a very successful one.
What was SpaceX’s last mission all about?
SpaceX’s latest mission wished to send Earth’s most powerful rocket ever to space, but failed.
The countdown to liftoff of the most powerful rocket ever built was called off on Monday morning at a launch site in South Texas, near Brownsville, because of a problem with a valve in the booster’s pressurization system that appeared to be frozen. The company may try again in a few days according to its founder Musk.
On its webcast, SpaceX said it would need a minimum of 48 hours to try to launch Starship again because it will need more propellants for the rocket. It also revealed that it scrubbed launch because of the problem with the pressurization system in the booster. It will continue with the countdown as a wet dress rehearsal — doing almost everything except igniting the engines.
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