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 scheduled a three hour 58 minute launch window opening at 5:52 p.m. ET for the Falcon 9 launch of EUTELSAT 36D with a backup opportunity on Sunday, 2024-03-31 using the same window.
NOAA and SpaceX set the launch date for GOES-U as 2024-06-25 to place the satellite into geostationary orbit.
SpaceX’s dismissed application specified equipment operating in the 2000-2020 MHz band for Earth-to-space transmissions.
ispace is spending 2,100,000,000 JPY to cover part of the Mission 3 launch cost on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
SpaceX launched Sejong-1 in February 2022.
SpaceX’s dismissed application specified equipment operating in the 2020-2025 MHz band for Earth-to-space transmissions.
SpaceX first reached double digits in annual launches in 2017 with 18 flights for the whole year.
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, 2024-03-28 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX plans the launch of the Starlink 7-18 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday evening.
SpaceX is building up a 6,000-unit Starlink satellite constellation serving 2.6 million users worldwide.
Benchmark Space Systems launched its first electric propulsion system in space aboard the SpaceX Transporter-10 rideshare mission.
Apex launched its first Aries spacecraft on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission on 2024-03-04.
Open Cosmos launched the HAMMER Earth observation satellite on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 as part of the Transporter 10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
South Korea launched its first surveillance satellite using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from a U.S. military base in California in December 2023.
BurstCube traveled to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services mission that launched at 4:55 p.m. EDT on 2024-03-21 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
SpaceX completed a coordination agreement with the National Science Foundation in 2023.
SpaceX launched its first 60 Starlink satellites in mid-2019, prompting concern from astronomers about visible satellite trails.
SpaceX developed an experimental DarkSat with black paint as an initial attempt to reduce Starlink satellite reflectivity.
SpaceX’s Dragon resupply spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket on 2024-03-21 at 4:55 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
LizzieSat launched and deployed to low Earth orbit on 2024-03-04 as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-10 rideshare mission.