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’s Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on 2024-09-01 at 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 UTC) from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
SpaceX made a return-to-flight request on 2024-08-29 and the FAA approved that request on 2024-08-30.
SpaceX targeted a Group 9-5 Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base with liftoff targeted for 2024-08-30 at 9:58 p.m. PT and backup opportunities until 1:48 a.m. PT.
SpaceX planned two Starlink smallsat launch windows on 2024-08-30–31, 2024 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida with launch times between 12:43 a.m. and 2:39 a.m. PDT.
The Crew-9 mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2024-09-24 on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Freedom.
SpaceX is targeting Friday/Saturday, 2024-08-30–31, 2024 for a Falcon 9 launch of Starlink smallsats Group 8-10 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida, with a launch window of 12:43 a.m.–2:39 a.m. PDT.
Lee Rosen previously served as vice president at SpaceX.
SpaceX is targeting Friday, 2024-08-30 for a Falcon 9 Group 9-5 launch of 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Crew-9 is scheduled to launch as soon as 2024-09-24 on a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
SpaceX stood down and delayed launch opportunities for Polaris Dawn on Wednesday, 2024-08-28 and Thursday, 2024-08-29 due to unfavorable weather forecasted in Dragon’s splashdown areas off the coast of Florida.
SpaceX targeted Wednesday, 2024-08-28 for the Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
On Monday, 2024-09-02 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch the third batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office.
SpaceX initially scheduled Falcon 9’s launch of Polaris Dawn for Wednesday, 2024-08-28 at 3:38 a.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX scheduled Falcon 9’s launch of Polaris Dawn to low-Earth orbit on Wednesday, 2024-08-28 at 3:38 a.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX designed the new EVA suit with mobility in mind, incorporating new materials, fabrication processes, and novel joint designs to provide greater flexibility to astronauts in pressurized scenarios while retaining comfort for unpressurized scenarios.
Umbra launched SAR satellites Umbra-09 and Umbra-10 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-11 rideshare mission on 2024-08-16.
Umbra launched SAR satellites Umbra-07 and Umbra-08 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-9 rideshare mission on 2023-11-09.
SpaceX has conducted three rideshare missions with cake toppers so far.
NASA has partially integrated SpaceX's Starship/Super Heavy architecture into the Artemis program as a lunar lander.
SpaceX has standardized payload accommodation for rideshare missions offering 300-kilogram options, termed 'full plate XL volume.'