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 technology partnership between T-Mobile and SpaceX will enable upgraded Starlink satellites to connect directly to standard cellphones to provide service in mobile dead zones across the United States.
The Federal Aviation Administration requires SpaceX to implement dozens of measures to mitigate environmental effects before launching Starship to orbit from its Texas test site.
Terrestrial telco LTD Broadband was denied $1,300,000,000 in provisionally awarded RDOF subsidies at the same time as SpaceX.
The Federal Communications Commission denied SpaceX $885,000,000 in provisional Rural Digital Opportunity Fund subsidies that covered broadband services for nearly 643,000 homes and businesses in 35 states.
SpaceX and Viasat have become targets of electronic and cyber attacks during the Ukraine conflict.
SpaceX is committed to deploying all 29,988 proposed second-generation Starlink satellites at altitudes between 340 and 614 km across nine inclined orbits.
SpaceX provided some Starlink dishes to Ukraine's government for free and was paid by the US government to deliver thousands more.
SpaceX has a separate FCC authorization to launch 7,500 V-band satellites for Starlink’s first generation.
SpaceX has launched more than 3,100 satellites for Starlink’s current generation using Falcon 9, usually in batches of around 50 per mission.
SpaceX plans to launch some second-generation Starlink satellites with Falcon 9 to accelerate the constellation’s deployment and improve Starlink services.
SpaceX plans to begin launching Gen2 satellites with three 500-kilometer orbital shells, followed by satellites in lower-altitude shells.
SpaceX must implement dozens of measures to mitigate environmental effects before Starship launches from Boca Chica can proceed under the FAA assessment.
The US Air Force Special Operations Command awarded SpaceX a $1,900,000 contract to trial Starlink Internet services in Europe and Africa for one year.
SpaceX has permission to deploy 4,408 satellites in low Earth orbit for a network that uses Ku-band spectrum from around 550 km altitude.
SpaceX will use a mix of Falcon 9 and Starship rockets to launch the 30,000 satellites in its proposed second-generation Starlink broadband constellation.
Relativity announced the larger fully reusable Terran R with payload performance similar to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and estimated Terran R readiness as soon as 2024.
Several of the 13 regions are capable of hosting landings by SpaceX’s Starship vehicle serving as the lunar lander for Artemis 3.
SpaceX is slated to launch Galaxy 33 together with Galaxy 34 on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral in October.
Sky Perfect JSAT selected SpaceX’s Starship to launch its Superbird-9 satellite in 2024.
The Federal Aviation Administration completed an environmental review in June related to allowing SpaceX to launch Starship from Boca Chica, Texas.