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 CEO Elon Musk stated he would launch satellites for competitors like OneWeb, Telesat, and Amazon’s Project Kuiper.
Sultan Al Neyadi launched to the International Space Station in 2023 on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission and participated in scientific research aboard the station.
GSAT-20 will be launched onboard a Falcon 9 under a launch service contract between M/s NSIL and M/s SpaceX, USA.
LizzieSat is expected to launch in March 2024 on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
T-Mobile announced that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the first set of Starlink satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities.
T-Mobile and SpaceX issued an open invitation to wireless providers worldwide to expand Direct to Cell globally with reciprocal roaming.
NOAA’s Tier 1 remote sensing license covers Sidus’ upcoming LizzieSat™ scheduled to launch in March 2024 on the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The National Labor Relations Board issued a formal complaint on 2024-01-03, against SpaceX consolidating eight cases filed by individual employees in 2022-11-01.
Ovzon 3 will be launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
SpaceX told the Federal Communications Commission in November 2023 that it expected to deploy 840 direct-to-cell satellites over the following six months.
SpaceX has partnered with mobile operators in Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, New Zealand, and Switzerland for its direct-to-cell capability.
SpaceX obtained a temporary experimental license to start testing direct-to-smartphone connectivity in the United States prior to the 2024-01-02 launch.
SpaceX launched its first batch of Starlink satellites designed to connect directly to unmodified smartphones on 2024-01-02.
SpaceX launched the Ovzon 3 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, 2024-01-03 at 6:04 p.m. ET.
NSIL has a launch service contract with SpaceX for GSAT-20 to be launched on a Falcon 9.
Initial direct-to-smartphone tests will use cellular spectrum from SpaceX’s U.S. mobile partner T-Mobile.
SpaceX provided a backup launch opportunity for Ovzon 3 on Thursday, 2024-01-04 with an 87-minute launch window opening at 4:47 p.m. ET.
SpaceX aims to launch 144 orbital missions in the year following the Ovzon 3 mission, exceeding the company record of 96 orbital launches set in 2023.
SpaceX announced at 11:47 p.m. Eastern on 2024-01-02 that the Falcon 9 had deployed all 21 Starlink satellites from the mission.
Ovzon 3 will be launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.