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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Thaicom-10 will launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, United States.
Space Tech Innovation Limited, a subsidiary of Thaicom, signed an agreement with SpaceX for the launch of Thaicom-10.
SpaceX launched the ESA Hera mission to interplanetary transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, 2024-10-07.
Williams was named commander of the ISS until the expected return of SpaceX Crew 9 in February 2025.
SpaceX is also accused of not conducting a controller poll two hours before launch as specified in its communications plan.
The FAA noted that SpaceX only provided information in mid-August regarding the environmental impact of Flight 5 affecting a larger area than previously reviewed.
On September 17, 2023, the FAA announced its intent to fine SpaceX approximately $663,000 for violations related to Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch licenses.
SpaceX claims that the Starship and Super Heavy vehicles for Flight 5 have been ready to launch since the first week of August 2023.
SpaceX attributes the licensing delay to environmental analysis regarding the water deluge system, sonic boom impacts, and the interstage section's location change.
SpaceX posted photos of a Starship vehicle being installed on top of its Super Heavy booster at its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
SpaceX plans to launch Flight 5 of the Starship vehicle pending regulatory approval.
SpaceX has conducted four flights under its license, three of which required modifications requested by the company.
AST provides the majority of its resources, about 80% of recorded overtime hours, to SpaceX due to the company's extensive operations.
SpaceX argues that it provided notice of the new control center location more than a month ahead of the Falcon 9 launch.
The FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation is involved in the regulatory approval process for SpaceX's Flight 5.
SpaceX anticipated launching Flight 5 in September 2023.
The FAA provided SpaceX with a launch license date estimate of late November 2023, which is a more than two-month delay from a previously communicated date of mid-September.
SpaceX's letter suggested that recent FAA fines correlate with increased scrutiny from Congress regarding AST's regulatory performance.
SpaceX's Flight 5 licensing delays are primarily driven by the environmental review process, according to AST's Dan Murray.
SpaceX provided a letter to congressional committees voicing its defense against the fines imposed by the FAA.