SES-8Falcon 9 v1.1SpaceX Launch Status Success Tue ยท Dec 3rd, 2013 4:41 PM EST Watch Online MissionSES-8Type: CommunicationsSES-8 is a geostationary communications satellite, providing broadcasting and network services for South Asia and India. LocationSpace Launch Complex 40Cape Canaveral, FL, USA214 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. RocketFalcon 9 v1.1Length: 68.4 meters Diameter: 3.65 meters First Launch: September 29, 2013Falcon 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. AgencySpaceXType: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon Spacecraft: Dragon Country: USASpace 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