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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A 2024-05-17 letter from David Goldman to Mindel De La Torre requested that Omnispace provide empirical evidence and service-disruption information to SpaceX and the FCC for evaluation.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch a batch of Starlink communications satellites on Friday, 2024-05-17 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral between 4:52 PM and 9:01 PM PDT.
LizzieSat launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 rideshare mission on 2024-03-04.
SpaceX has launched 6,436 Starlink satellites to date.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch a batch of Starlink communications satellites on Friday, 2024-05-17 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral during a window from 4:52–9:01 PM PDT.
HotSat-1 was a 160-kilogram demonstration satellite provided by SSTL for a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch in June.
SpaceX has launched 6,436 Starlink satellites to date.
GRATTIS will launch on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare mission no earlier than October 2026.
NROL-146 carries the first batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office.
In 2020 the Space Force awarded United Launch Alliance one of two National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contracts with ULA winning 60% of missions over five years and SpaceX receiving 40%.
Commercial launches, predominantly by SpaceX, have driven growth in the number of orbital launches.
SpaceX vice president Bill Gerstenmaier warned that AST's workload could ground US space launch capability if not addressed.
NASA completed an environmental assessment in 2019 of SpaceX’s plans to build launch infrastructure at LC-39A and found no significant impact.
SpaceX proposes to construct additional launch infrastructure at LC-39A not contemplated in the 2019 EA, including a catch tower for Super Heavy booster landings.
In the 2019 assessment SpaceX was planning up to 24 Starship launches annually from LC-39A.
SpaceX launched the first 60 Starlink satellites in May 2019 on a Falcon 9 rocket.
SpaceX targeted Wednesday, 2024-05-08 for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with liftoff targeted for 7:48 p.m. PT and backup opportunities available until 10:30 p.m. PT.
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, 2024-05-09 for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX planned two Falcon 9 launches on Wednesday, 2024-05-08 from two U.S. coasts.