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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The FCC partially authorized SpaceX’s second-generation (Gen2) Starlink constellation in December 2022, allowing SpaceX to launch 7,500 of its proposed 30,000 Gen2 satellites into orbits ranging from 525 to 535 km.
SpaceX intends to launch the ultimate 2,000-kilogram V2 Starlink satellites on its Starship vehicle.
SpaceX launched a set of 21 second-generation Starlink satellites known as Group 6-1 on 2023-02-27.
SpaceX scheduled a second set of V2 Mini satellites (Group 6-2) to launch no earlier than 2023-03-30 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX designed the V2 Mini spacecraft to be small enough to be launched on Falcon 9 rockets.
SpaceX plans ultimate V2 Starlink satellites to weigh about 2,000 kg with solar arrays 20 m long.
SpaceX scheduled another Group 5 launch for as soon as 2023-03-24 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX has launched more than 4,000 first-generation Starlink satellites to date.
The PRR demonstration mission launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on 2023-01-31.
Axiom Space has contracted SpaceX as the launch provider for transportation to and from the space station for Ax-3.
SpaceX requested permission from the FCC in December 2022 to use the PCS-G block for a SpaceX Direct-To-Cellular Non-Geostationary Satellite System.
SpaceX performed two launches a little more than four hours apart on 2023-03-17, launching Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base and two SES communications satellites on another Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX conducted 19 launches so far in 2023 and has a company goal of 100 launches during 2023.
SpaceX launched SES-18 and SES-19 on 2023-03-17 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The proposed FCC framework would establish ground rules for SpaceX, AST SpaceMobile, Lynk Global, and other satellite companies seeking permission to provide direct-to-device services using spectrum from terrestrial mobile partners.
On 2023-03-10 OneWeb launched 40 satellites into orbit with SpaceX from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Pale Blue’s water-based propulsion system aboard EYE was launched by SpaceX on 2023-01-03.
EOI Space will launch its first six Stingray satellites on SpaceX Transporter rideshare missions starting in 2024.
A Falcon 9 launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base deployed 52 satellites in low Earth orbit for SpaceX’s Starlink constellation earlier on 2023-03-17.
SpaceX plans to start testing direct-to-device services in 2024.