CASSIOPEFalcon 9 v1.1 SpaceX Launch Status Success Sun ยท Sep 29th, 2013 12:00 PM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU7Li5rX_OQ Mission CASSIOPE Type: Earth Science CASSIOPE (Cascade SmallSat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer) is a small satellite mission for Canadian Space Agency to feature the first in a new generation of multi-purpose satellite platforms. It is tasked with a dual mission on scientific research and telecommunications. Location Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg AFB, CA, USA 83 launches have been at this location. Rocket Falcon 9 v1.1 Length: 68.4 meters Diameter: 3.65 meters First Launched: September 29, 2013 Falcon 9 v1.1 is a significantly redesigned version of the its predecessor, including a higher payload capacity. This version arranges the engines in a structural form SpaceX calls an Octaweb. The Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket has been launched a total of 15 times with 14 successful and 1 failed launches. Landing – – Agency SpaceX Type: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon Spacecraft: Dragon Country: USA Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas. View Rocket Launch Schedule