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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NASA's SLS Block 1 can lift 95,000 kilograms to low Earth orbit, while SpaceX's Falcon Heavy can lift up to 63,800 kilograms.
Former NASA administrator Michael Griffin recommended abandoning plans to use SpaceX and Blue Origin technologies for Moon landings in favor of government-run programs.
SpaceX launched 116 payloads on the Transporter-11 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
SpaceX is now offering larger payload accommodations, or 'cake toppers,' for satellites weighing 500 to 2,500 kilograms.
SpaceX may develop a 'space station' version of Starship with long-term ECLSS capabilities as a commercial entity.
PTD-R and PTD-4 are set to launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-11 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
HawkEye 360 launched Cluster 10 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-11 rideshare mission via launch integrator Exolaunch.
HawkEye 360 will launch its Cluster 10 satellites aboard the Transporter-11 rideshare mission on SpaceX with launch integrator Exolaunch.
SpaceX is planning a 2024-07-23 launch of a batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation pending FAA approval.
The Federal Aviation Administration received a request from SpaceX on Monday, 2024-07-15, to continue launching Falcon 9 flights during the investigation into the 2024-07-11 Starlink 9-3 failure.
The planned SpaceX Starlink launch on 2024-07-23 is scheduled for a 9:14 PM–1:44 AM PDT window from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral’s SFS, Florida.
In May 2023, Saudi mission specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi were among the Axiom Mission-2 private astronauts who launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX Dragon from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX, a company owned by Elon Musk, is developing a next-generation Dragon spacecraft intended to succeed the International Space Station.
Amazon’s multi-billion-dollar launch campaign for Project Kuiper includes Arianespace, Blue Origin, and SpaceX to help deploy more than 3,200 satellites.
SpaceX will develop the United States Deorbit Vehicle (USDV) based on its Dragon spacecraft to perform the deorbiting of the International Space Station around the end of the decade.
NASA and SpaceX plan to use the next-generation Dragon spacecraft to deorbit the International Space Station into a remote ocean, probably in 2031.
NASA will pay SpaceX up to $843,000,000 to help decommission the International Space Station.
NASA selected SpaceX to build the USDV on 2024-06-26 under a contract worth up to $843,000,000.
In May 2023, Saudi mission specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi were among the Axiom Mission 2 private astronauts who launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX Dragon from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX reported a leak of liquid oxygen in the Falcon 9's second stage, explaining the ice buildup observed during ascent.