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 postponed the 2023-02-27 launch by nearly five hours because of a space weather concern linked to a recent geomagnetic storm.
SpaceX performed four Group 5 launches from late December through 2023-02-12 carrying more than 50 satellites each into orbits authorized for the Gen2 constellation.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Ax-2 crew aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX acquired two oil rigs that it renamed Phobos and Deimos with the intent to convert them into offshore launch platforms for its Starship vehicle and later sold the rigs.
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX won NSSL Phase 2 five-year contracts in 2020 to fly about 35 missions.
SpaceX will develop a version of its Dragon cargo spacecraft called Dragon XL to deliver cargo to the lunar Gateway and remove trash.
NASA selected SpaceX in March 2020 for the first Gateway Logistics Services contract to transport cargo to and from the lunar Gateway.
SpaceX unveiled plans in August 2022 to provide direct-to-cell services for emergency assistance and beyond in partnership with T-Mobile.
Sidus Space signed an agreement with SpaceX to launch on Transporter missions manifested for 2024 and 2025.
With the new SpaceX agreements, Sidus Space expects nine LizzieSats in orbit via SpaceX launches through early 2025.
NASA and SpaceX required additional time to complete work on the Crew-6 vehicle, including additional thermal analysis of panels on the exterior of Dragon and testing of composite overwrapped pressure vessels in the Falcon 9.
SpaceX is forecasting mass-to-orbit costs falling from $2,000 per kilogram to $200 per kilogram and potentially as low as $20 per kilogram.
For NASA's moon program, SpaceX would launch a Starship to low Earth orbit to serve as a fuel depot for vehicles traveling to and from the lunar surface.
The Vigoride-5 Orbital Service Vehicle (OSV) was launched on the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission on 2023-01-03.
SpaceX projects mass-to-orbit costs could fall from $2,000 per kilogram to $200 per kilogram with Starship and potentially reach $20 per kilogram in the long term.
SpaceX launched the Inmarsat-6 F2 satellite for Inmarsat to provide more capacity for partnerships in the emerging direct-to-device market.
The scheduled docking of Soyuz MS-23 is set to occur shortly before the arrival of the SpaceX Crew-6 mission currently scheduled to launch early 2023-02-26.
SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California earlier the same day to deploy 51 satellites for its broadband constellation to low Earth orbit.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 carrying Inmarsat-6 F2 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on 2023-02-17 with liftoff at 10:59 p.m. Eastern.
Because SpaceX failed to provide the required information, the company is subject to a civil penalty that is capped at $262,666 under federal statute after adjusting for inflation.