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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Apogeo Space launched its first nine test satellites in November 2023 on SpaceX’s Falcon 9, and those satellites were released by Italy’s D-Orbit Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV).
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, 2024-04-18 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Capella Space launched its latest satellite, Capella-14, on SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 mid-inclination rideshare mission on 2024-04-07.
TSAT-1A launched on the SpaceX Bandwagon-1 mission aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center on 2024-04-07.
Centauri-6 was launched on Sunday, 2024-04-07 at 23:16 UTC from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida aboard SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 mission.
A NASA building near the SpaceX launch site in Vandenberg, California, housed EarthCARE during its storage period.
Tyvak International successfully launched Fleet Space Technologies’ Centauri-6 satellite on 2024-04-07 aboard SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 mission from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 23:16 UTC.
SpaceX will launch the WorldView Legion 1 & 2 mission on Wednesday, 2024-04-17 at 6:30 PM UTC.
A report stated that a ride on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule is about three times safer than a ride on NASA’s space shuttle was in its final years.
SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX to transport satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit.
SpaceX's Starlink satellites support the Ukrainian military in its combat operations against Russian forces.
SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites on Wednesday, 2024-04-10.
SpaceX will launch the Starlink 6-51 mission on Wednesday, 2024-04-17 at 9:24 PM UTC from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Bill Gerstenmaier, SpaceX’s Vice President of Build and Flight Reliability, noted that licensing often takes longer than rocket development.
WSF-M launched on a Falcon 9 rocket provided by SpaceX.
LizzieSat-3 carrying HEO’s HOLMES-006 is scheduled to launch on SpaceX Bandwagon-2 in November 2024.
Fleet Space Technologies deployed the Centauri-6 satellite on SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 mission.
A second Muon Space satellite launched 2024-03-04 on the SpaceX Transporter-10 rideshare flight as a prototype weather satellite for the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit.
The payloads for HawkEye 360 under the agreement are expected to launch on upcoming SpaceX Rideshare missions through 2025.
SpaceX has the ability to build and launch its own Starlink broadband satellites and provide services directly to customers.