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’s cargo lander work is being done under the “Option B” award to SpaceX made in November 2022 that modified SpaceX’s original HLS contract awarded in April 2021.
The exercised HLS options cover work through a preliminary design review and do not require additional funding beyond the $3,400,000,000 allocated to Blue Origin and the $1,150,000,000 allocated for SpaceX’s Option B.
SpaceX offered Starship to the CLPS program with a stated capability of delivering up to 100 metric tons to the lunar surface.
True Anomaly plans to launch its first two Jackal autonomous orbital vehicles aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission no earlier than 2024-03-01.
SpaceX launched Axiom Space’s third private astronaut mission Ax-3 on 2024-01-18.
SpaceX launched Falcon 9’s Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, 2024-01-18 after a one-day delay.
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Thursday, 2024-01-18 for Falcon 9’s launch of Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The LizzieSat mission is scheduled to launch with SpaceX in the second quarter of 2025.
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Wednesday, 2024-01-17 for Falcon 9’s launch of Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Helios is designed to serve as an additional stage for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and is sized to max out the capability of a Falcon 9 for transporting satellites to GEO in less than 24 hours.
Deere & Company has agreed with SpaceX to provide satellite communications (SATCOM) service to farmers.
SpaceX is working with NASA to confirm whether twisting of energy modulator straps can explain the CRS-29 parachute observations.
SpaceX postponed the 2024-01-17 Ax-3 launch less than six hours before liftoff and rescheduled the launch for 2024-01-18 at 4:49 p.m. Eastern.
John Deere selected SpaceX to provide connectivity for its farming machines via a new ruggedized user terminal.
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Wednesday, 2024-01-17 for Falcon 9’s launch of Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The John Deere ruggedized terminal is based on SpaceX’s high-performance flat dish that SpaceX began offering for Starlink in 2022.
Deere & Company has entered into an agreement with SpaceX to provide SATCOM service to farmers using the Starlink network.
The Human Landing System for Artemis 3 will use SpaceX's Starship.
NASA estimates that SpaceX will need to conduct in the high teens number of fuel transfers for Starship.
SpaceX's Starship has flown twice and experienced explosions both times.