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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LEO Express-2 and LEO Express-3 will launch on SpaceX Transporter rideshare missions.
SpaceX will launch SpainSat NG-I on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral or from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Momentus Inc. deployed all customer payloads from its Vigoride-6 Orbital Service Vehicle that launched in April 2023 aboard the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission.
SpaceX launched EchoStar’s Jupiter-3 spacecraft on 2023-07-28 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on a dedicated Falcon Heavy at 11:04 p.m. Eastern.
One minute and five seconds before a previously planned launch attempt on 2023-07-26, SpaceX halted the Jupiter-3 Falcon Heavy countdown with no explanation provided.
SpaceX satellites performed an average of around 80 evasive manoeuvres in 2021.
Marotta Controls delivered its 30,000th CoRe valve to SpaceX at SpaceX’s rocket development site in McGregor, Texas.
SpaceX used a Falcon 9 launch vehicle to send 22 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.
SpaceX targeted Thursday, 2023-07-27 for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the Hughes JUPITER 3 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX targeted Friday, 2023-07-28, 11:04 p.m. EDT for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the Hughes JUPITER 3 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
One minute and five seconds before a planned launch on Wednesday, 2023-07-26, SpaceX halted the Jupiter 3 launch with no explanation provided at that time.
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, 2023-07-27 for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the Hughes JUPITER 3 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Marotta Controls delivered its 30,000th CoRe® valve to SpaceX at SpaceX’s rocket development site in McGregor, Texas.
Following stage separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will land on SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Varda Space Industries launched its first spacecraft, W-Series 1, on the SpaceX Transporter-8 rideshare mission on 2024-06-12.
SpaceX’s Starlink and China SatNet’s GuoWang constellations will collectively account for nearly two-thirds of the smallsats to be launched between 2023 and 2032.
SpaceX launched 0.001 kg satellites on 0.002 kg orbital planes as part of its Starlink deployment strategy.
SpaceX is forecasting a cost of $200 per kilogram for its launches.
SpaceX estimates the Starship mass performance to LEO at 150 metric tons.
NASA has contracted with SpaceX to provide lunar landers for the Artemis program using Starship.