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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Picacho was launched and presumed deployed on 2023-11-11 from a Momentus canister managed by a third-party deployer aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-9.
SpaceX plans to upgrade Starlink services with increasingly powerful satellites.
SpaceX is building a tower at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to support cargo and crew launches as a backup to LC-39A.
SpaceX previously scrubbed the Falcon Heavy launch of USSF-52 about 30 minutes before a planned 8:24 p.m. EST liftoff on Monday, 2023-12-11.
SpaceX is nearing completion of SLC-40 preparations to support Dragon missions, including completing the interior of the crew access arm and obtaining final external regulatory approvals.
ALISIO-1 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9.
SpaceX targeted Tuesday, 2023-12-12 at 8:14 p.m. ET for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the USSF-52 mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX scrubbed the 2023-12-11 Falcon Heavy liftoff about 30 minutes before the planned 8:24 p.m. EST due to a ground-side issue while the vehicle and payload remained healthy.
SpaceX used Falcon 9 rockets built and operated in-house to launch Starlink satellites.
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, 2023-12-12 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The first two Jackal satellites have completed build, assembly, and integration and are scheduled to launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-10 rideshare mission no earlier than 2024-03-01.
True Anomaly's first two Jackal autonomous orbital vehicles are slated to launch on SpaceX's Transporter-10 mission in 2024.
SpaceX stated that the extra time before the 2023-12-13 target allows teams to complete system checkouts ahead of liftoff.
SpaceX targeted Tuesday, 2023-12-12 at 8:14 p.m. ET for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the USSF-52 mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Wednesday, 2023-12-13 for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Momentus is booking rideshare and hosted payload customers on SpaceX Transporter-11 targeted for no earlier than June 2024.
Momentus participated in a mission that launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission on 2023-11-11.
Momentus collaborated with SpaceX to obtain information to assist its ongoing investigation into the likely root cause of the issues encountered on the Transporter-9 mission.
SpaceX scrubbed the planned 2023-12-11 Falcon Heavy launch about 30 minutes before the planned liftoff due to a ground-side issue, and the vehicle and payload remained healthy.
The 14 companies selected for LunA-10 are Blue Origin, CisLunar Industries, Crescent Space Services LLC, Fibertek, Inc., Firefly Aerospace, GITAI, Helios, Honeybee Robotics, ICON, Nokia of America, Northrop Grumman, Redwire Corporation, Sierra Space, and SpaceX.