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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and provider of space transportation, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence services, headquartered at the Starbase development site in Starbase, Texas. The company operates three primary segments: Space, which develops and flies the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Dragon spacecraft, and conducts more orbital launches annually than any other launch provider ; Connectivity, which operates the Starlink satellite constellation and satellite-based…
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Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday's flight added the last bit.
SpaceX has successfully launched a large spacecraft into orbit. The company, led by Elon Musk, is trying to develop a lunar lander that will carry astronauts to the moon under the US space agency NASA's international lunar exploration program.