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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NASA awarded a contract modification to SpaceX to further develop its Starship human landing system to meet agency requirements for long-term human exploration of the Moon under Artemis.
Space Systems Command seeks Blue Origin to challenge United Launch Alliance and SpaceX when their five-year NSSL contracts are up for recompete in 2024.
Space Systems Command terminated the Launch Service Agreement in December 2020 after Blue Origin lost to United Launch Alliance and SpaceX in the NSSL Phase 2 launch services competition.
SpaceX operates four Crew Dragon spacecraft and plans to build a fifth Crew Dragon that is likely to be the company’s final crewed spacecraft.
SpaceX Dragon designated C211 is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on 2022-11-22 at 3:54 p.m. Eastern.
SpaceX Dragon designated C211 is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station on 2022-11-23 at 5:57 a.m. Eastern if launched on 2022-11-22.
The new Crew Dragon planned by SpaceX should be ready for its first flight in the 2024 timeframe.
SpaceX stated that C211 is the last new cargo Dragon spacecraft the company plans to build.
ispace expects SpaceX to launch its HAKUTO-R M1 lunar lander on 2022-11-28 at the earliest for a mission to the moon’s surface roughly five months later.
ULA and SpaceX are under contract to launch as many as 35 U.S. military and intelligence missions under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 award the companies won in 2020.
SpaceX, Iridium (Globalstar’s rival), and other established and early‑stage satellite operators are developing direct‑to‑smartphone services ranging from basic SOS to 0.005 kg broadband.
NASA awarded a contract modification to SpaceX to further develop the company’s Starship human landing system to meet agency requirements for long-term human exploration of the Moon under Artemis.
The NASA contract modification to SpaceX has a value of about $1,150,000,000.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 11:06 a.m. EST.
SpaceX will provide a second crewed landing demonstration mission in 2027 as part of NASA’s Artemis IV mission.
NASA awarded SpaceX a $1,150,000,000 contract modification to develop an upgraded version of its Starship lunar lander and to fly a second crewed mission.
NASA completed the contract modification for Option B of its Human Landing System contract with SpaceX on 2022-11-15.
SpaceX launched the first two satellites under Intelsat’s spectrum clearing plan, Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34, on 2022-10-08.
SpaceX used an expendable Falcon 9 booster for the Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 mission, foregoing booster recovery after the booster’s 14th mission.
Using an expendable Falcon 9 allowed SpaceX to load more propellant to send the Maxar-built satellites to a supersynchronous transfer orbit.