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. [5]

Mar 19, 2018 · See live orbital position of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and the Starman. This interactive simulation displays Tesla's location in space in real-time using the latest data from JPL Horizon system. Roadster's current distance: about 385280269 km from Earth and roughly 472389620 km from Mars.

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5 days ago · Musk famously shot his personal vehicle into space on Feb. 6, 2018, when his company SpaceX first test-launched its Falcon Heavy, considered one of the world’s most powerful rockets. It took off ...

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Feb 6, 2024 · Elon Musk Launched His Red Tesla Roadster Into Space 6 Years Ago—Where Is It Now? There's a slim chance the Roadster will eventually crash into Earth, Venus or the Sun.

It contained a very special payload- a Tesla Roadster with Starman. But where is this vehicle? The current location is 239,391,597 miles (385,263,549 km, 2.575 AU, 21.42 light minutes) from Earth, moving away from Earth at a speed of 5,885 mi/h (9,471 km/h, 2.63 km/s).