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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Under a 2020 contract, SpaceX teamed with Leidos Corp. to build four Tracking Layer satellites that are projected to launch in March.
SpaceX raised $2,000,000,000 in 2022, representing 32 percent of total private investment in space infrastructure for that year.
SpaceX launched the U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 06 (GPS III SV06) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2023-01-18.
SpaceX is slated to launch the first two small geostationary satellites for Anuvu’s dedicated constellation around the middle of 2023.
United Launch Alliance received the task order for GPS SV-07 in May 2022 under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 agreement that splits national security missions 60/40 between ULA and SpaceX.
SpaceX previously launched four GPS 3 satellites under contracts awarded in 2016 and 2018.
The first group of FOSSA next-generation satellites is slated to launch on a Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle on the SpaceX Transporter-8 mission no earlier than June 2023.
The first Momentus Vigoride tug carrying an unspecified number of FOSSA Systems satellites is due to launch on SpaceX Transporter-8, a Falcon 9 rideshare mission slated for no earlier than June 2023.
SpaceX acquired Swarm in 2021.
SpaceX launched the U.S. Space Force’s USSF-67 mission from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on 2023-01-15 aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket.
The first group of FOSSA Systems’ next-generation satellites is slated to launch on a Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle on the SpaceX Transporter-8 mission no earlier than June 2023.
The Transporter-8 mission will demonstrate FOSSA Systems’ satellites’ new design features and serve as a demonstration for a second batch of satellites expected to launch on a follow-on Vigoride vehicle on a later SpaceX Transporter mission.
SpaceX received a $316,000,000 contract in August 2020 to launch USSF-67.
Phase 3 would create on-ramps for additional competitors compared to Phase 2, where only ULA and SpaceX were selected to launch all national security missions over five years.
SpaceX has received two NASA awards with a combined value of more than $4,000,000,000 to develop Starship-based lunar landers.
SpaceX moved ahead with a final series of tests of its Starship vehicle and Super Heavy booster at its Starbase test site in Boca Chica, Texas, as of 2023-01-12.
The first group of FOSSA’s next-generation satellites is slated to launch on a Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle on the SpaceX Transporter-8 mission no earlier than June 2023.
The FAA completed an environmental review in June allowing Starship orbital launches to proceed from Boca Chica while requiring SpaceX to implement more than 75 environmental mitigation measures.
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX won the NSSL Phase 2 competition in 2020 and their Phase 2 contracts will be re-competed in 2024.
BRO-8 was launched with Exolaunch as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-6 mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida.