Spacex uppskjutningsplatser
Spacex uppskjutningsplatser är fem stycken:
- Omelek Island
- Kennedy Space Center (39A)
- Cape Canaveral (SLC-40)
- Vandenberg AFB (SLC-4E)
- SpaceX South Texas uppskjutningsplats
Från och med februari 2017 hyr Spacex tre orbital-raketuppskjutningsplats: Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 och Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 i Florida och Space Launch Complex 4E vid Vandenberg Air Force Base i Kalifornien.
Falcon 9-uppskjutningskomplexet vid Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Space Launch Complex 40 skadades i Amos-6-olyckan i september 2016 och vara i drift igen, den 15 december 2017.[1]
Dessutom använder Spacex en suborbital testanläggning, Spacex Rocket Development and Test Facility i Texas.[2]
Spacex bygger också en raketuppskjutningsplats för endast kommersiella uppskjutningar, på Boca Chica nära Brownsville, Texas. Den förväntas vara igång tidigast i slutet av 2018.[2]
Referenser
- ^ ”SpaceX Static Fires Falcon 9 for EchoStar 23 launch as SLC-40 targets return”. nasaspaceflight.com. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/03/spacex-falcon-9-echostar-23-slc-40-return/. Läst 30 april 2017.
- ^ [a b] ”Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | SpaceX says robust market can support four launch pads”. spaceflightnow.com. https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1310/18spacex/#.Um3iVhCKKJI. Läst 30 april 2017.
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An aerial view of Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The pad will be used to support the new Falcon rockets to be launched by Space Exploration Technologies, known as SpaceX.
An aerial view of Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The pad will be used to support the new Falcon rockets to be launched by Space Exploration Technologies, known as SpaceX.