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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In June 2022 the FAA required 75 environmental actions by SpaceX before launching Starship.
SpaceX is projected to use a Falcon Heavy to launch the U.S. Space Force’s USSF-52 mission in July 2023.
Vast signed a contract with SpaceX on 2023-05-10 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Haven-1 module.
SpaceX had more than 1.5 million customers for Starlink as of 2023-05-05.
Momentus launched Vigoride-6 on SpaceX’s Transporter-7 mission on 2023-04-15, and that tug carries a pair of NASA cubesats among several other payloads and is undergoing post-launch commissioning.
Dragonette-001 was launched on 2023-04-14 on the SpaceX Transporter-7 rideshare mission.
The Vigoride-7 mission is targeted to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission no earlier than October 2023.
The Vigoride-7 mission is targeted to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission no earlier than October 2023.
A U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory cubesat equipped with a Link 16 tactical communications radio will launch to low Earth orbit as early as June on the SpaceX Transporter 8 rideshare.
The FAA completed an environmental review in June 2022 that allowed SpaceX to conduct launches from Boca Chica provided SpaceX carried out prescribed mitigations.
SpaceX launched the Americas-focused ViaSat-3 broadband satellite on a Falcon Heavy rocket on 2023-04-30.
Several environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration on 2023-05-01 challenging the FAA’s environmental review of SpaceX Starship launches from Boca Chica, Texas.
Lightning struck the lightning tower at Launch Complex 39A during a storm on 2023-04-27, prompting SpaceX teams to perform additional checkouts of Falcon Heavy, the payloads, and ground support equipment.
SpaceX plans to spend about $2,000,000,000 2023 on the Starship program.
SpaceX plans to attempt four to five Starship launches 2023.
SpaceX estimates an 80%-plus probability of reaching orbit 2023 and a near-100% probability of reaching orbit within 12 months.
SpaceX aborted a Falcon Heavy launch attempt for the ViaSat-3 Americas mission at T-minus 59 seconds on 2023-04-28.
SpaceX launched a second pair of O3b mPower satellites for SES on 2023-04-28, lifting off at 6:12 p.m. Eastern on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
SpaceX ultimately launched the ViaSat-3 Americas Falcon Heavy mission on 2023-04-30.
The first pair of O3b mPower satellites launched by SpaceX on 2022-12-16 have reached their target positions in medium Earth orbit but still need to complete health checks before entering service.