Planetary Science
TESLA ROADSTER
OperationalPlanetary ScienceHeliocentric
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial satellite of the Sun. A mannequin in a spacesuit, dubbed "Starman", occupies the driver's seat. The car and rocket are products of Tesla and SpaceX, respectively, both companies headed by Elon Musk. The 2010 Roadster is personally owned by and previously used by Musk for commuting to work. It is the first production car launched into space.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 6, 2018 at 08:45 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon Heavy →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Demo Flight 1 (Maiden Flight)
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,000 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-017A
- NORAD catalog №
- 43205
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational