SpaceX

Paul:

Facts:

SpaceX has over 3,000 employees

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SpaceX has two different launch facilities.One in California and one in Florida.

Nick:

As shown by the image on the left, the

Falcon 9's fairing is about the size of

a bus.

Noah

SpaceX Falcon 9

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit.

Peter:

68.4m224.4 ft

MASS

505,846kg1,115,200 lb

PAYLOAD TO LEO

13,150kg28,991 lb

LAUNCHES TO DATE

13 of 13 successful

DIAMETER

3.7m12 ft

STAGES

2

PAYLOAD TO GTO

4,850kg10,692 lb

Made of aluminum-lithium alloy and is stronger and lighter than regular aluminum.

About Spacex

The main product by SpaceX is the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy.

The Falcon 9 has 9 thrusters with the thrust at liftoff rising to 716 kilonewtons (161,000 pounds) as it climbs out of Earth’s atmosphere.

Noah

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk (1971-Now) born in South Africa

SpaceX Logo:

SpaceX Website: http://www.spacex.com/

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/3790256

Any questions?

Project by Nick Kiker, Noah Offut, Peter Mengistu, and Paul Mengistu.

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