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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Sidus Space plans to launch LizzieSat-2 and LizzieSat-3 on future SpaceX Rideshare missions.
SpaceX is planning in-flight tests of its Starship vehicle to demonstrate capabilities needed for launching satellites and going to the moon.
The flight path for the third Starship mission enables SpaceX to attempt new techniques like in-space engine burns while maximizing public safety.
SpaceX’s third flight test of Starship could launch as soon as 2024-03-14, pending regulatory approval.
SpaceX has added a firing of a Raptor engine while in space as one of the new elements for the upcoming launch.
NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel reported that NASA and SpaceX are working well together on the HLS version of Starship.
SpaceX will perform a propellant transfer test on the flight, moving propellant from one tank to another within Starship.
SpaceX’s Transporter-10 rideshare mission launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
NASA has a contract with SpaceX that states they are to launch their crew by the end of 2026.
SpaceX launched more than 50 smallsats on the Transporter-10 rideshare mission on 2024-03-04.
The three satellites on the 2024-03-04 mission lifted off aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-10 rideshare from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.
Spire Global, Inc. successfully launched four Spire-built and operated satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2024-03-04.
The EWS demonstration cubesat launched aboard the SpaceX Transporter-10 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Apex’s first satellite, Aries SN1, was launched on 2024-03-04 as one of 53 payloads on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
PY4’s four CubeSats launched on Monday, 2024-03-04 at 2:05 p.m. PST to low Earth orbit aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Ubotica launched the CogniSAT-6 mission onboard SpaceX’s Transporter 10.
A previous EWS cubesat technology demonstration launched on the SpaceX Transporter-6 rideshare mission in January 2023 but experienced an on-orbit separation anomaly.
Spire plans to launch additional satellites on SpaceX rideshare missions later in 2024.
Near Space Corp., Rocket Lab USA, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., and Spire Global Subsidiary have been awarded contracts.
Axelspace Corporation launched the demonstration satellite PYXIS on 2024-03-04 (PST) on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.