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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Ax-3 will launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and will spend up to 14 days on the International Space Station.
SpaceX made a $55,000,000 profit for the first three months of 2023 following a loss for 2022.
SpaceX projected in a 2015 investor presentation that Starlink would net nearly $12,000,000,000 in revenue for 2022, have 20 million subscribers by the end of 2022, and have $7,000,000,000 in operating profit.
SpaceX typically charges around $67,000,000 per Falcon 9 launch.
Telesat will purchase 14 launches of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket for its Lightspeed internet constellation.
The PRC complained that Starlink satellites, belonging to SpaceX, allegedly nearly collided with the PRC's space station.
After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, SpaceX provided Starlink services at its own expense and through an agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The Department of Defense has signed agreements with SpaceX and other satellite communications providers to support Ukraine.
UtilitySat is slated to launch with SpaceX before the end of 2023 and will partially serve as an initial replacement for Alaskan telco Pacific Dataport following the failure of its debut spacecraft.
Telesat has a contract with SpaceX dated 2023-09-11 for 14 Falcon 9 launches, sufficient to deploy the entire Lightspeed constellation.
Telesat contracted 14 launches from SpaceX starting in mid-2026 to deploy its entire Lightspeed broadband constellation within a year.
Telesat has contracted 14 launches on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 for the Telesat Lightspeed deployment.
Non-geostationary orbit constellations such as SpaceX’s Starlink and OneWeb are expected to provide much of the additional satellite capacity through 2028.
Lightspeed will be deployed from SpaceX launch facilities in California and Florida.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets will be used to deploy the Telesat Lightspeed constellation.
The US Court of Appeals upheld the FCC's decision regarding SpaceX's license for Starlink, rejecting legal standing challenges from a non-governmental space operator and an environmental NGO.
The investigation covered the 2023-04-20 launch of the Starship vehicle and its Super Heavy booster from SpaceX’s Starbase test site in Boca Chica, Texas.
SpaceX determined that leaking propellant in the aft end of the Super Heavy booster created fires that severed connections with the primary flight computer, leading to loss of communications to the majority of booster engines and loss of vehicle control.
The FAA-led investigation identified 63 corrective actions that SpaceX must complete before another Starship launch.
The Dragon spacecraft used by Crew-6 was on its fourth flight and retained the name Endeavour, which retired NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley gave it on its first voyage for SpaceX Demo-2.