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 and a crewed mission into orbit. See 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 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
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
