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# Making humanity multiplanetary.

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.

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## Starlink Group 8-12

21 second-generation Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit aboard Falcon 9 from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral. Booster B1078 attempting its 14th flight.

T-Minus

### Starlink 8-12

Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SLC-40 · 21 satellites · 53.2° inclination · ASDS drone-ship recovery.

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07
days
14
hrs
22
min
39
sec
Total launches
487
since 2006
Total landings
412
first-stage recovery
Total reflights
368
flight-proven boosters
Crew launched
62
astronauts to orbit
Vehicle · Starship

## A fully reusable transportation system.

Starship is the most powerful launch vehicle ever developed. With a total mass of 5,000 metric tons and 16,700 metric tons of thrust at liftoff, Starship will carry up to 250 metric tons to low-Earth orbit and beyond.

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Fleet

## Every vehicle in the lineup.

Reusable · Block 5

### Falcon 9

Two-stage rocket · 549 t mass · 8,300 kg to GTO · workhorse of the fleet with 380+ landings.

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Heavy-lift · 27 engines

### Falcon Heavy

Most powerful operational rocket by a factor of two · 63,800 kg to LEO · three Falcon 9 first-stages strapped together.

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Next generation · Mars

### Starship

Fully reusable super-heavy launch system · 250 t to LEO · designed to carry crew and cargo to the Moon and Mars.

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Rideshare

## Book a ride to orbit. Starting at $300K per 50kg.

SpaceX's smallsat rideshare program flies dedicated and shared missions to sun-synchronous, mid-inclination, and GTO orbits — on a fixed cadence with online booking.

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Design System

## Black, white, and the photograph.

No accent colors. No drop shadows. No gradients on chrome. Photography is the design system; D-DIN uppercase is the voice. Source — DESIGN.md.

### Color

Brand — no accent

canvas-night
#000000
canvas-night-soft
#0a0a0a
canvas-light
#ffffff
canvas-cool
#f0f0fa

Hairlines & ink mutes

hairline-on-dark
#3a3a3f
hairline-on-light
#e0e0e8
ink-mute
#5a5a5f
on-primary-mute
#f0f0fa

### Typography

D-DIN-Bold → Barlow Condensed fallback. Uppercase. Tight vertical leading. Positive horizontal tracking.

display-xxl 80 · w700 · 1.6px · 0.95
Making humanity multiplanetary
display-xl 60 · w700 · 1.2px · 1.2
A fully reusable system
display-lg 48 · w700 · 0.96px · 1.25
Section opener heading
body-lg 16 · w400 · 0.32px · 1.7
Marketing lead. Sits beneath display tiers and carries paragraph rhythm.
body-md 16 · w400 · 0.32px · 1.5
Default UI body for shop and editorial copy.
button-cap 13 · w700 · 1.17px · 0.94
RESERVE PAYLOAD
micro-cap 12 · w400 · 0.96px · 2.0
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caption 13 · w400 · 0 · 1.5
Helper / footer text and legal lines.

### Radius — pill for CTAs, flat for everything else

xs 4 · inputs
sm 8 · shop card
md 16 · surface
pill 32 · CTAs
full∞ · play btn

### Components

Buttons — ghost-outlined pill is the only marketing CTA

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Ghost · on light Add to cart

Card variants — flat, no shadow, the photograph carries depth

#### Photo-band card

Full-bleed background with type overlaid. Padding 0. The photograph IS the card.

#### Shop product card

Canvas-cool fill, 16px padding, 8px radius, hairline-on-light border. The only card that gets a true container treatment.

#### Footer / legal

Canvas-light surface, micro-cap labels in uppercase. The only place body text lives on a light canvas.

Mission-stat row — hairline borders, D-DIN numerals

Launches
487
since 2006
Landings
412
first stage
Reflights
368
flight-proven
Crew
62
to orbit
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