Exam Questions
By: Brady Doster
Beginnings
Founded in 2002, by Elon Musk
Reduce space exploration costs
Eventually colonize Mars
Invested over $100 million
Current Products
Falcon 9 Dragon
Orbcomm OG2 M2
Successful
landing of
first stage rocket!
(A Few) Achievements
First privately funded rocket to reach orbit
(Falcon 1, September 28, 2008) (pictured)
First private company to send a spacecraft
to the International Space Station
(Dragon, May 25, 2012)
First landing of a first stage orbital rocket
(Falcon 9, December 22, 2015)
Tonight!
SES-9 Launch
Commercial Communications Satellite
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
spacex.com/webcast