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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Redwire will be launching microgravity research payloads focused on pharmaceutical drug development and regenerative medicine on the SpaceX CRS-29 resupply mission to the ISS in November 2023, including an experiment in bioprinting cardiac tissue.
On 2023-05-06, the Crew-6 completed a port relocation maneuver to the station’s Earth-facing port ahead of the arrival of a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft.
The Crew-6 return to Earth followed the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7, which docked to the International Space Station on 2023-08-27 to begin another long-duration science expedition.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 completed NASA’s sixth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station after splashing down off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida.
The Space Development Agency acquired four Tranche 0 Tracking Layer satellites from SpaceX.
Each Tranche 2 orbital plane will be launched on a single national security space mission using either United Launch Alliance or SpaceX rockets.
On 2023-05-06, the Crew-6 vehicle completed a port relocation maneuver to the Harmony module’s Earth-facing port ahead of the arrival of a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 completed NASA’s sixth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station.
The Dragon spacecraft used by Crew-6 was on its fourth flight and was named Endeavour by retired NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on its first voyage for the agency’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2.
The Crew-6 return to Earth followed the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7, which docked at the International Space Station on 2023-08-27, beginning another long-duration science expedition.
The Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Pension Fund filed a lawsuit alleging Amazon’s management acted in bad faith by awarding the bulk of the Kuiper launches to three unproven rockets without considering SpaceX.
The Space Development Agency received initial images from the first two infrared sensor missile-tracking satellites built by SpaceX that launched in April.
SpaceX is seeking regulatory permission in the United States for more spectrum that could be used for a mobile Starlink service, including frequencies in the 1.6 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands used by Globalstar.
The Tranche 0 Flight 2 launch occurred after SpaceX launched its Starlink Group 6-13 mission on the preceding Thursday.
SpaceX had completed 17 flights from Vandenberg in 2023 prior to the Tranche 0 Flight 2 launch.
Two additional SpaceX-built infrared sensor satellites for Tranche 0 launched on 2023-09-02.
SpaceX launched SDA’s second batch of satellites on 2023-09-02 on a Falcon 9 rocket.
SpaceX designs and builds its reusable rockets and spacecraft at its headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
Globalstar contracted SpaceX to launch Apple-backed satellites in 2025 to replenish its low Earth orbit connectivity constellation.
SpaceX launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Tranche 0 Flight 2 mission for the Space Development Agency after two scrubs.