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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Satellogic has a Multiple Launch Agreement with SpaceX for 2023 and beyond that reserves launch capacity for Satellogic’s next 68 satellites.
AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker-3 prototype satellite, which SpaceX launched on 2022-09-10, is slated to unfurl a 64-square-meter antenna in the next couple of weeks to test its ability to bring 0.004 kg and 0.005 kg connectivity to standard mobile phones.
SpaceX plans to provide its own direct-to-cell service as early as late next year in partnership with U.S.-based mobile network operator T-Mobile.
The Crew-5 Falcon 9 booster was damaged during transport from SpaceX’s Hawthorne, California factory to the McGregor, Texas test site after hitting a highway bridge, requiring replacement of the interstage section, avionics, and a grid fin.
Satellogic has a Multiple Launch Agreement with SpaceX for 2023 and beyond that reserves launch capacity for its next 68 satellites and names SpaceX as its preferred rideshare vendor.
SpaceX and T-Mobile established a partnership on 2022-08-25 to add large antennas to Gen 2 satellites to provide connectivity directly to standard mobile phones.
SpaceX has raised billions of dollars from investors since the time of Elon Musk’s leaked email.
On 2022-08-10, the FCC terminated $900,000,000 in rural subsidies intended to help SpaceX expand high-speed broadband to unserved homes and businesses in the United States.
SpaceX operates Starlink satellites at lower altitudes to reduce their natural orbit decay time and to lower the likelihood of persistent debris in the event of an on-orbit failure.
SpaceX has launched more than 3,000 Starlink satellites to date, making Starlink the world’s largest constellation by satellite count.
SpaceX’s cleared Gen 1 authorization covers up to 4,408 Ku-band and Ka-band satellites operating at around 550 km above Earth.
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX were selected over Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman for the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract in August 2020.
Only SpaceX’s Starlink and OneWeb currently have permission to connect user terminals in the United Kingdom to satellites in non-geostationary orbit, and those operators deploy terminals in the Ku-band.
Marlink and OmniAccess became authorized Starlink integrators for maritime and enterprise customers on 2022-09-22.
SpaceX, Viasat, and Maxar supported Ukraine and allied forces by providing communications services and satellite imagery.
Masten reached a stalking-horse agreement to sell substantially all its assets to Astrobotic for $4,200,000 that includes a $14,000,000 credit on a SpaceX launch contract.
As of 2022-09-21, the median commitment to the Spaced Ventures SpaceX campaign was $1,000.
Spaced Ventures obtained pledges totaling $11,400,000 from 758 individuals to invest in SpaceX in a little over a week.
The Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle is scheduled to launch on SpaceX Transporter-6 in December 2022.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket can deliver about 22,800 kg to low Earth orbit.