Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster

sports car launched into space in 2018

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.

Names	SpaceX Roadster Starman +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Mission type	Test flight +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Operator	SpaceX +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
COSPAR ID	2018-017A +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
SATCAT no.	43205 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

SPACECRAFT PROPERTIES

Spacecraft type	2008 Tesla Roadster used as a mass simulator, attached to the upper stage of a Falcon Heavy rocket +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Manufacturer	Tesla and SpaceX +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Launch mass	~1,300 kg (2,900 lb); ~6,000 kg (13,000 lb) including rocket upper stage +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

EXPEDITION

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Launch date	20:45:00, February 6, 2018 (UTC) (2018-02-06T20:45:00Z) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Rocket	Falcon Heavy FH-001 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Launch site	Kennedy LC-39A +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

END OF MISSION

ORBITAL PARAMETERS

Reference system	Heliocentric +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Eccentricity	0.25571 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Inclination	1.077° +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Period	1.525 year +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Epoch	1 May 2018 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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