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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SpaceX launched a mission in April for the Space Development Agency that was purchased as a commercial launch contract rather than under NSSL Phase 2.
The Space Systems Command’s program executive office for assured access to space awarded ULA and SpaceX five-year NSSL Phase 2 contracts in 2020 to launch as many as 40 missions.
On 2023-06-08, the U.S. Space Force launch procurement office assigned an additional 12 missions to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract.
Sidus Space plans to begin offering hyperspectral and multispectral imaging from its LizzieSats scheduled for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter mission in the first quarter of next year.
Sidus Space will launch hyperspectral and multispectral imaging as well as Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) incorporated into the company’s LizzieSat™ satellite via SpaceX Transporter missions starting in 2024.
Sidus Space plans to launch its first LizzieSat on a SpaceX Transporter mission later 2023 and has contracted with SpaceX for four additional flights.
Two of the additional SpaceX Transporter flights contracted by Sidus Space are currently scheduled for 2024 and two more are scheduled for 2025 to establish a regular launch cadence for customers.
SpaceX's Starlink maritime connectivity prices start at $250 per month and include a one-time $2,500 hardware fee for an in-house built antenna.
Rivada Space Networks has a contract with SpaceX for 12 Falcon 9 launches to deploy its satellites.
The second Apogeo test satellite, FEES2, was deployed from the International Space Station in early 2022 after being delivered by SpaceX.
SpaceX’s current Falcon 9 list price is $67 million, making a 12-launch contract potentially worth $804,000,000 before discounts.
EOS Sat-1 was launched on 2023-01-03 on the SpaceX Transporter-6 rideshare flight.
Inmarsat’s I-6 F1 (GX6A) and I-6 F2 (GX6B) carry L- and Ka-band payloads and were manufactured by Airbus, with GX6A launching in December 2021 on MHI and GX6B launching in February 2023 on SpaceX.
ViaSat-3 is a Ka-band satellite that launched in April 2023 and was manufactured by Boeing and launched on SpaceX.
SpaceX generates billions of dollars in revenue from its launch business while rapidly expanding the Starlink LEO broadband constellation.
Five student-developed CubeSats from the Canadian CubeSat Project are also launching on SpaceX CRS-28.
Aerospace Corporation will launch Moonlighter on SpaceX CRS-28.
SpaceX launched the Demo-2 Crew Dragon mission three years prior to this delay and has launched 10 crewed missions for NASA and private customers.
Payloads sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory will launch on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft no earlier than 12:35 p.m. EDT on 2023-06-03 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
NASA contracted SpaceX CRS-28 to deliver payloads to the International Space Station.