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.

commercialFounded 2002

Hawthorne, California, United States

www.spacex.com

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On Tuesday, 2024-06-04 at 7:16 p.m. ET, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 20 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jun 6, 2024SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites including 13 Direct to Cell

SaveRGV intends to file suit within 60 days seeking civil penalties and injunctive relief that could prohibit SpaceX from using the deluge system or performing launches at Starbase.

LegalGeneralValue 4.0Jun 6, 2024Starship survives reentry during fourth test flight

SpaceX’s Starship vehicle lifted off at 8:50 a.m. Eastern from the Starbase test site at Boca Chica, Texas on 2024-06-06.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jun 6, 2024Starship survives reentry during fourth test flight

SpaceX performed 14 Falcon 9 launches in May 2024.

PlanValue 4.0Jun 5, 2024First Ariane 6 launch set for July 9

SpaceX plans operational changes for Flight 4 including the jettison of the Super Heavy’s hot-stage following boostback to reduce booster mass for the final phase of flight.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 5, 2024SpaceX Starship still GO for June 6

SpaceX received a $2,600,000,000 contract at the same time as Boeing and launched its first crewed Crew Dragon mission, Demo-2, in May 2020.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 5, 2024Starliner lifts off on crewed test flight

The fourth flight test of SpaceX’s Starship is targeted to launch from Starbase in Texas on Thursday, 2024-06-06.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jun 5, 2024SpaceX Starship still GO for June 6

NASA signed a Space Act Agreement with SpaceX in September 2022 to study a Hubble reboost mission using a Crew Dragon spacecraft with the option to perform repairs such as installing new gyroscopes.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.3Jun 4, 2024Hubble goes to single-gyro operating mode as NASA passes on private servicing mission

Starship Flight 4 is scheduled to launch no earlier than Thursday, 2024-06-06 from SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas.

PlanValue 4.0Jun 4, 2024SpaceX’s Starship receives FAA license to fly the ‘world’s most powerful rocket’ on June 6

Sateliot will launch four satellites for its 0.005 kg-IoT constellation on SpaceX’s Transporter-11 mission.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.5Jun 4, 2024Sateliot to launch four satellites with SpaceX in July to enter commercial phase

K2 Space will launch its first satellite in 2025 on SpaceX’s Transporter-12 rideshare mission planned for October.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jun 4, 2024K2 Space plans first launch as company wins customers for its large satellite bus

SpaceX implemented software and hardware upgrades to increase overall reliability and address lessons learned from Starship Flight 3.

CapabilityValue 3.5Jun 4, 2024SpaceX’s Starship receives FAA license to fly the ‘world’s most powerful rocket’ on June 6

Exotrail’s delivery mission was launched in November 2023 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 9 mission.

PlanValue 3.7Jun 3, 2024Exotrail becomes a space services provider with successful in-orbit delivery of a commercial satellite

SpaceX holds a Human Landing System contract awarded in 2021 to perform a crewed lunar landing using Starship for NASA.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.2Jun 2, 2024Japanese billionaire cancels planned Starship lunar mission

SpaceX performed a dress rehearsal with Starship and Super Heavy loaded with more than £10,000,000of propellant ahead of Flight 4.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Jun 1, 2024SpaceX’s Flight 4 of Starship now scheduled for June 6

SpaceX implemented several software and hardware upgrades to increase overall reliability and address lessons learned from Flight 3 for Flight 4.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.0Jun 1, 2024SpaceX’s Flight 4 of Starship now scheduled for June 6

SpaceX will implement operational changes for Flight 4 including jettisoning the Super Heavy’s hot-stage following boostback to reduce booster mass for the final phase of flight.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 1, 2024SpaceX’s Flight 4 of Starship now scheduled for June 6

SpaceX implemented several software and hardware upgrades for Flight 4 to increase overall reliability and address lessons learned from Flight 3.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.0May 30, 2024SpaceX Starship still on schedule for fourth flight test June 5

SpaceX plans the fourth flight test of Starship to occur on 2024-06-05 pending an updated Federal Aviation Administration license and regulatory approval.

PlanLegalValue 4.0May 30, 2024SpaceX Starship still on schedule for fourth flight test June 5

Sparrow launched aboard the Apex Aries bus on the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission in March 2024.

PlanValue 4.0May 30, 2024Scout Space’s “Sparrow” first in-space image to provide space security and Space Domain Awareness

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