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 completed environmental testing of the LizzieSat satellite ahead of its upcoming launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission.
Since arriving in Florida, the IM-1 lunar lander completed major system tests, verification, and certification milestones and is prepared for integration with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. will equip all vessels in its fleet with SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service.
SpaceX performed three times as many launches in 2023 as it did in 2021.
SpaceX conducted more than nine times as many launches in 2023 as Rocket Lab, which completed its tenth Electron launch of 2023.
SpaceX had scheduled a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg for 2023-12-14, delayed it a day, and later moved it to 2023-12-28.
Bill Gerstenmaier, vice president of build and flight reliability at SpaceX, provided testimony to a Senate space subcommittee on 2023-10-18 that presented a plan for SpaceX to conduct 144 launches—12 per month—in 2024.
If the planned remaining launches occurred, SpaceX's total number of launches for 2023 would reach 97.
SpaceX's 2023-12-18 launch was the company's first launch since a Falcon 9 Starlink mission early on 2023-12-08 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
SpaceX adjusted Vandenberg launch scheduling in 2023-12-01 to make room for a German SARah 2 and 3 radar imaging satellite launch opportunity as soon as 2023-12-21.
SpaceX's launch cadence in 2023 increased by more than 50% compared with 2022.
Two SpaceX Starship launches in April and November 2023 did not achieve orbit.
The IM-1 launch must take place from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, which is the only SpaceX pad at Cape Canaveral equipped to fuel a lander with liquid oxygen and methane shortly before launch.
SpaceX conducted 92 launches in 2023, comprising 88 Falcon 9 launches and 4 Falcon Heavy launches.
Foxconn launched two experimental satellites on a SpaceX rocket that took off from California in November.
SpaceX may sell lunar facilities to commercial companies or governments to recover construction costs.
SpaceX's mega-rocket can carry full-size mining and construction equipment weighing from 40 to 60 tons on Earth.
Lynk Global is preparing to launch two more small satellites on SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rideshare mission early next year to improve coverage and latency.
SpaceX can mass produce Starships on an assembly line, potentially lowering costs.
Another strategy would involve SpaceX leasing lunar facilities, creating an ongoing revenue stream.