SpaceX

SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies Corp., founded in 2002, is an American space technology company and a dominant launch provider. It designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, including the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon spacecraft, and Starship. SpaceX partners with organizations like NASA and the United States Armed Forces and is known for its advancements in reusable launch vehicles, human spaceflight, and satellite constellation technology like Starlink. Key words: launch provider, reusable rockets, space exploration, Starlink, Falcon, Dragon, Starship, NASA.

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SpaceX is preparing to load liquid oxygen onto Falcon 9's second stage.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.2Oct 7, 2025RT by @Cosmic_Penguin: The so-called 'big vent' is now wrapping up as SpaceX is preparing to load liquid oxygen onboard its Falcon 9 rocket's second stage. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-59 mission is set for 2:46 a.m. EDT (0646 UTC). Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyt7ydw8C5o

SpaceX is fueling its Falcon 9 rocket at pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

GeneralValue 3.0Oct 7, 2025RT by @Cosmic_Penguin: SpaceX is now fueling its Falcon 9 rocket at pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of liftoff at 2:46 a.m. EDT (0646 UTC). The rocket will fly on a north-easterly trajectory upon launch. Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyt7ydw8C5o

SpaceX experienced three previous tests where the upper stage exploded.

GeneralValue 1.5Oct 7, 2025SpaceX plans 11th test of Starship later this month from South Texas

SpaceX's Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 7, 2025Falcon 9 set to launch SpaceX’s Starlink smallsats Group 11-17 on Tuesday from California

The Project Kuiper constellation aims to provide broadband internet access to underserved areas using SpaceX, ULA, Arianespace, and Blue Origin rockets for deployment.

PlanValue 4.0Oct 6, 2025SpaceX now plans Thursday launch of Amazon’s Project KF-03 mission for smallsat constellation

SpaceX will conduct the eleventh flight test of Starship on Monday, October 13.

PlanValue 4.0Oct 6, 2025SpaceX prepara la undécima prueba de vuelo de Starship para el lunes 13 de octubre

In April, SpaceX received seven of nine NSSL contracts worth a total of $845.8 million.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.7Oct 6, 2025SpaceX Wins the Bulk of Space Force’s 2026 Launch Contracts

SpaceX is set to conduct five Falcon 9 missions during the first week of October.

PlanGrowthValue 3.5Oct 6, 2025RT by @Cosmic_Penguin: SpaceX is set to dominate the launch manifest for the first whole week of October with five Falcon 9 missions. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/10/launch-roundup-100625/ All five of these missions will launch satellites into internet constellations, with four launching into SpaceX’s Starlink constellation and the fifth launching into Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation. Meanwhile, China will launch another unknown payload atop its Chang Zheng 8A rocket. Blue Origin also looks to join the launch schedule by launching six people to suborbital space on its New Shepard vehicle. By Aaron McCrea.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit on October 6 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Oct 6, 2025SpaceX moves launch of 28 Starlink smallsats Group 10-59 to Monday depending on 99% cloud cover

Space Systems Command projected that SpaceX should anticipate $5.9 billion in contracts under the NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 program to launch 28 missions.

FinancialPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 6, 2025SpaceX Wins the Bulk of Space Force’s 2026 Launch Contracts

SpaceX released the timeline for Starship Flight 11.

PlanValue 3.2Oct 6, 2025RT by @Cosmic_Penguin: Starship Flight 11 timeline released: https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-11

UltiSat is an authorized government reseller of SpaceX’s Starlink service.

RelationshipsLegalValue 4.0Oct 6, 2025Latest News

SpaceX is targeting October 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Amazon Project KF-03 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

PlanValue 4.5Oct 6, 2025SpaceX now plans Thursday launch of Amazon’s Project KF-03 mission for smallsat constellation

SpaceX won five missions worth a total of $714 million.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Oct 6, 2025SpaceX Wins the Bulk of Space Force’s 2026 Launch Contracts

Birds of South Texas monitor the construction of Pad 2 at SpaceX's Starbase.

PlanValue 1.2Oct 6, 2025RT by @Cosmic_Penguin: Birds of South TX monitor Pad 2 build at Starbase 🚀@NASASpaceflight http://nsf.live/starbase

Four Falcon 9 missions will launch satellites into SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Oct 6, 2025RT by @Cosmic_Penguin: SpaceX is set to dominate the launch manifest for the first whole week of October with five Falcon 9 missions. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/10/launch-roundup-100625/ All five of these missions will launch satellites into internet constellations, with four launching into SpaceX’s Starlink constellation and the fifth launching into Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation. Meanwhile, China will launch another unknown payload atop its Chang Zheng 8A rocket. Blue Origin also looks to join the launch schedule by launching six people to suborbital space on its New Shepard vehicle. By Aaron McCrea.

The SpaceX Cargo Dragon has a maximum capacity of 3,300 kilograms and would also require two flights to meet the ISS cargo needs.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Oct 6, 2025ESA to Procure ISS Cargo Service to Meet Common Cost Obligations

SpaceX is continuing production of future ships at its Starfactory.

PlanCapabilityValue 2.8Oct 5, 2025RT by @Cosmic_Penguin: Starbase This Week (2025-10-05) | Written by @Thousand_______ In this week of Starbase Tracking’s Starbase This Week, we are not only going to recap this week, but also Flight 10 and the plans for Flight 11 and for block 3 with the released mission page from SpaceX. Production Site Although there are no ships being stacked in a bay at Starbase, we are still able to see inside the Starfactory and saw this week that SpaceX is still going ham with the production of future ships. S40’s nosecone has received its ablative layer. SpaceX is still doing some TPS testing (more later), so S40 will probably have to wait a bit so that the lessons of the TPS test can be applied. The foundation of the Gigabay also received its 2nd to last pour. When the foundation is ready, the structure of the bay can finally rise and catch up with the Florida bay. On Friday, the first truck with the Gigabay tower crane parts drove by. This crane is one of 4 that will be used to rapidly build up the structure of the Gigabay. Launch Site Last week on Sunday, Maarvin aka the LR11K crane at the launch site, was lowered. Flight 11 was still a bit away so it was kind of strange that it was going down at that time, so it was more probable that Maarvin was going to get some modifications. For what, you might ask? OLIT-3 (Pad 2) still needs its SQD, and the fact that the SQD is at height and not knowing the weight of it, it is reasonable to think that Marvin needs some modifications. Marvin had its SpaceX boom removed before the lift of OLM-B and used the yellow boom while the SpaceX boom got some much needed refurbishment work. The SpaceX boom is taller so it would be able to lift the SQD into place. The Pad 2 chopsticks have conducted the first test of its stabilisers, which are supposed to prevent the Ship/Booster being lifted from swinging Masseys Testing is also on its way again, with B18.3 doing its 3rd cryo test. The tests are done without the cap installed for the integrated HSR load testing. We will probably see it being installed for later load tests while SpaceX first conducts some basic cryo tests. The ship and booster thrust sims were moved to Massey's in a double rollout on Friday. It is unknown whether this is to receive upgrades or to be scrapped. Roberts Road The gigabay of Roberts Road is a bit further than the one at Starbase, where it received its 2nd tower crane. This is the 2nd of 4. SLC-37 On Tuesday, there was a permit posted for SLC-37. This complex used to belong to ULA, where they launched the Delta IV and Delta IV Heavy and where the Saturn I and IB launched from. On the permit, it shows that SpaceX wants to build 2 launch towers, both facing east. It also shows the layout of the tank farm. Upcoming Flights We have begun to receive NOTMARS and NOTAMS for Flight 11, all confirming the 13th of October. Since Flight 10 was the first fully successful launch and landing of a Block 2 stack, SpaceX made a recap video showing new angles of the launch and a mission profile for Flight 11. In the mission profile, SpaceX said that the booster for Flight 11 will be booster 15-2, which has flown previously on Flight 8 with ship S34. Of the B15’s 33 original engines, SpaceX is planning to refly 24!! B15-2 will - just like B16 - do a splashdown in the Gulf and will test a new landing configuration for Block 3. The new landing configuration will go from 13 engines lit, then down to 5, and then 3 for the final landing burn. S38 will also do a simlink deploy of 8 simlinks, just like S37, and do an in-space relight, despite not having done a single engine static fire. And just like S37, S38 will have some tiles removed in critical areas where there is no backup ablative layer - this will likely be in areas where there is no risk of burn through into the fuel tanks. B15-2 isn't the only one with a new landing profile for this flight. SpaceX said that S38 will also do a simulated landing to gather data for ship catches by a "dynamic banking maneuver and will test subsonic guidance algorithms prior to a landing burn and splashdown in the Indian Ocean". SpaceX also confirmed Flight 11 is NET 13th of October. There you go, all caught up for this week and for the coming Flight 11. For real-time updates, join us in the Discord: https://discord.gg/ZbrSYPzDAq To explore our maps yourself and track every movement, check out our Figma: https://www.figma.com/design/2AvC161FuB1VFNLUpAVAV2/Starship-Tracking---Starbase-Tx?node-id=0-1&p=f&t=4Pt2RTobhmM7jKAk-0 #SpaceX #Starbase ,

SpaceX announced that S38 will perform a simulated landing to gather data for future ship catches.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 5, 2025RT by @Cosmic_Penguin: Starbase This Week (2025-10-05) | Written by @Thousand_______ In this week of Starbase Tracking’s Starbase This Week, we are not only going to recap this week, but also Flight 10 and the plans for Flight 11 and for block 3 with the released mission page from SpaceX. Production Site Although there are no ships being stacked in a bay at Starbase, we are still able to see inside the Starfactory and saw this week that SpaceX is still going ham with the production of future ships. S40’s nosecone has received its ablative layer. SpaceX is still doing some TPS testing (more later), so S40 will probably have to wait a bit so that the lessons of the TPS test can be applied. The foundation of the Gigabay also received its 2nd to last pour. When the foundation is ready, the structure of the bay can finally rise and catch up with the Florida bay. On Friday, the first truck with the Gigabay tower crane parts drove by. This crane is one of 4 that will be used to rapidly build up the structure of the Gigabay. Launch Site Last week on Sunday, Maarvin aka the LR11K crane at the launch site, was lowered. Flight 11 was still a bit away so it was kind of strange that it was going down at that time, so it was more probable that Maarvin was going to get some modifications. For what, you might ask? OLIT-3 (Pad 2) still needs its SQD, and the fact that the SQD is at height and not knowing the weight of it, it is reasonable to think that Marvin needs some modifications. Marvin had its SpaceX boom removed before the lift of OLM-B and used the yellow boom while the SpaceX boom got some much needed refurbishment work. The SpaceX boom is taller so it would be able to lift the SQD into place. The Pad 2 chopsticks have conducted the first test of its stabilisers, which are supposed to prevent the Ship/Booster being lifted from swinging Masseys Testing is also on its way again, with B18.3 doing its 3rd cryo test. The tests are done without the cap installed for the integrated HSR load testing. We will probably see it being installed for later load tests while SpaceX first conducts some basic cryo tests. The ship and booster thrust sims were moved to Massey's in a double rollout on Friday. It is unknown whether this is to receive upgrades or to be scrapped. Roberts Road The gigabay of Roberts Road is a bit further than the one at Starbase, where it received its 2nd tower crane. This is the 2nd of 4. SLC-37 On Tuesday, there was a permit posted for SLC-37. This complex used to belong to ULA, where they launched the Delta IV and Delta IV Heavy and where the Saturn I and IB launched from. On the permit, it shows that SpaceX wants to build 2 launch towers, both facing east. It also shows the layout of the tank farm. Upcoming Flights We have begun to receive NOTMARS and NOTAMS for Flight 11, all confirming the 13th of October. Since Flight 10 was the first fully successful launch and landing of a Block 2 stack, SpaceX made a recap video showing new angles of the launch and a mission profile for Flight 11. In the mission profile, SpaceX said that the booster for Flight 11 will be booster 15-2, which has flown previously on Flight 8 with ship S34. Of the B15’s 33 original engines, SpaceX is planning to refly 24!! B15-2 will - just like B16 - do a splashdown in the Gulf and will test a new landing configuration for Block 3. The new landing configuration will go from 13 engines lit, then down to 5, and then 3 for the final landing burn. S38 will also do a simlink deploy of 8 simlinks, just like S37, and do an in-space relight, despite not having done a single engine static fire. And just like S37, S38 will have some tiles removed in critical areas where there is no backup ablative layer - this will likely be in areas where there is no risk of burn through into the fuel tanks. B15-2 isn't the only one with a new landing profile for this flight. SpaceX said that S38 will also do a simulated landing to gather data for ship catches by a "dynamic banking maneuver and will test subsonic guidance algorithms prior to a landing burn and splashdown in the Indian Ocean". SpaceX also confirmed Flight 11 is NET 13th of October. There you go, all caught up for this week and for the coming Flight 11. For real-time updates, join us in the Discord: https://discord.gg/ZbrSYPzDAq To explore our maps yourself and track every movement, check out our Figma: https://www.figma.com/design/2AvC161FuB1VFNLUpAVAV2/Starship-Tracking---Starbase-Tx?node-id=0-1&p=f&t=4Pt2RTobhmM7jKAk-0 #SpaceX #Starbase ,

SpaceX's Falcon 9 was targeting the launch of 28 Starlink smallsats to join the Starlink constellation.

PlanGeneralValue 3.7Oct 5, 2025SpaceX launched 28 Starlink smallsats Group 11-39 on Friday from California

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