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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Polaris Dawn needed to launch by the end of the week or face further delays likely to no earlier than October so SpaceX could prepare LC-39A for the 2024-10-10 launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper on a Falcon Heavy.
Human Landing System landers being developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin will launch using commercial licenses.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32) to Medium Earth Orbit on Sunday, 2024-09-15 at 3:57 PM–4:39 PM PDT from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The scheduled SpaceX launch on 2024-09-15 will carry two satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation system.
The Galileo satellites launched on 2024-04-28 were launched by SpaceX under contract with ESA.
Tomoya Thomas Ochinero served more than 10 years at SpaceX as Senior Vice President of Commercial Business.
SpaceX targeted Tuesday, 2024-09-10 at 3:38 a.m. ET as a launch window for Polaris Dawn from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Anna Menon is a Lead Space Operations Engineer at SpaceX who manages development of crew operations, serves as a Mission Director and crew communicator, and has supported multiple Dragon missions including Demo-2 and Crew-1.
The Commercial Crew Program was designed to reduce costs and foster innovation in space sector missions involving Boeing and SpaceX.
SpaceX suffered two flight anomalies in the summer, including a leak in an upper stage of the Falcon 9 and a booster breakup during descent.
SpaceX is expected to return Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to Earth in early 2025.
The original VIPER mission budget allocated $433,500,000 for the rover and $235,600,000 for launch services to be provided by Astrobotic and SpaceX.
NASA issued contracts for the development of Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon in mid-September 2014 as part of the CCtCap program.
Boeing's CCtCap contract was worth $4.2 billion, while SpaceX's was valued at $2.6 billion.
SpaceX deployed Lynk Global’s two latest pizza-box-sized satellites during a Falcon 9 rideshare mission on 2024-03-04.
SpaceX has launched more than 100 satellites for a rival direct-to-phone service that it plans to begin rolling out 2024 following regulatory approvals.
SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper are identified as key beneficiaries of the proposed changes to allow non-geostationary operations in the 17.3–17.8 GHz band.
SpaceX identified launch windows for Polaris Dawn on Saturday, 2024-09-07; Monday, 2024-09-09; and Tuesday, 2024-09-10, each from 12:38 AM to 4:09 AM PDT.
SpaceX filed a new launch schedule with the Federal Aviation Administration that included a first available window opening at 3:38 a.m. on Wednesday, 2024-09-04.
SpaceX plans a launch on Wednesday, 2024-09-11 for a batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation.