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 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including six with Direct-to-Cell capabilities, on Saturday, 2024-04-06 at 7:25 p.m. PT from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
SpaceX was targeting a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites, including six with Direct-to-Cell capabilities, from Vandenberg SLC-4E with a liftoff target of 7:31 p.m. PT and backups through 11:25 p.m. PT.
SpaceX conducted its 23rd launch of the year on Friday, 2024-04-05 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with a Falcon 9 carrying 23 Starlink satellites.
SpaceX launched 11 satellites from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, 2024-04-07 at 7:16 p.m. EDT (2316 GMT) on its first-ever Bandwagon-1 class rideshare mission.
South Korea flew the Project 425 SAR synthetic aperture radar satellite as a customer on SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 mission.
SpaceX launched the first Bandwagon dedicated rideshare mission on 2024-04-07, delivering 11 commercial and military satellites into mid-inclination orbits.
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced in 2022 a plan to launch five 425 Project satellites with SpaceX through 2025, four with synthetic aperture radar payloads and one with an optical/infrared payload.
SpaceX delayed a planned Friday Starlink launch and targeted Saturday, 2024-04-06 as the new launch date for 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SLC-4E.
SpaceX announced plans for the Bandwagon missions at the Small Satellite Conference in August and planned to fly two Bandwagon missions in 2024 and two in 2025.
SpaceX planned three launches over the 2024-04-05–7 weekend consisting of two Starlink missions and the Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission.
SpaceX plans the fourth Starship/Super Heavy launch in about a month from 2024-04-04.
SpaceX conducted another Falcon 9 launch early Friday, 2024-04-05 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station that was the company’s 23rd launch of the year.
SpaceX delayed the Friday Starlink launch and is targeting Saturday, 2024-04-06 for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX plans to build roughly six more Starship vehicles in 2024.
SpaceX is building a giant factory at Starbase to increase Starship production in 2025.
SpaceX is building a second launch tower at Starbase and expects its first launch tower at Cape Canaveral to be operational by the middle of 2025.
SpaceX targeted 2024-04-05 for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites, including six with Direct to Cell capabilities, from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
HawkEye 360 will launch six satellites aboard SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 Rideshare mission from Florida on Sunday, 2024-04-07, with the launch window opening at 7:12 PM.
SpaceX conducted its 23rd launch of the year on 2024-04-05 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
HawkEye 360 will launch clusters 8 and 9, containing six satellites total, aboard SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission from Florida no earlier than April 2024.