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 required SpaceX to work with the National Science Foundation and specific observatories to mitigate interference with radio and optical astronomical observations.
The Federal Communications Commission partially approved SpaceX’s application for the second generation of its Starlink constellation on 2023-12-01.
SpaceX sought permission for 468 Gen2 satellites at altitudes of 604 and 614 km.
Bryson Gentile previously led the manufacturing engineering team at SpaceX for the Falcon 9 rocket.
Momentus Inc. completed integration of the Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle for the Transporter-6 mission.
The 2022-12-01 launch attempt of ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander was postponed to allow SpaceX to perform additional pre-flight checks of the launch vehicle.
SpaceChain has launched its second Ethereum Virtual Machine payload into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket bound for the International Space Station for installation via the SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft.
OroraTech’s second satellite is slated to launch in May 2023 on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare mission.
ispace postponed the 2022-11-30 launch attempt of its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander to 2022-12-01 to allow SpaceX to perform additional pre-flight checks of the launch vehicle.
SXM-7, launched by SpaceX in December 2020, suffered a payload failure shortly after launch and is unusable for SiriusXM’s satellite radio service.
SXM-8, built by Maxar and launched by SpaceX in 2021, is currently SiriusXM’s only third-generation satellite providing radio services in orbit.
The Kelpie satellite is planned to launch on the SpaceX Transporter 6 mission expected in December 2022.
SpaceX used a Falcon 9 expendable rocket to launch EUTELSAT 10B.
EUTELSAT 10B was launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by SpaceX on 2022-11-22 with liftoff at 21:57 Eastern time from Cape Canaveral, Florida, corresponding to 02:57 UTC and 03:57 CET on 2022-11-23.
'Istanbul' is scheduled to launch on SpaceX's Falcon 9 in February 2023.
SpaceX launched the Eutelsat 10B satellite on 2022-11-22 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Intelsat paid a premium to use an expendable Falcon 9 on 2022-11-12 to give a pair of satellites an extra boost to their GEO destinations.
The Eutelsat 10B mission was delayed from 2022-11-21 to allow SpaceX additional pre-flight checkouts.
The contract modification for SpaceX, known as Option B, has a value of about $1,150,000,000.
With the Option B modification, SpaceX will provide a second crewed landing demonstration mission in 2027 as part of NASA’s Artemis IV mission.