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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Aerospace plans to test its Starshield intrusion-detection software on Slingshot, a 12-unit cubesat launching in September.
Astranis signed a contract with SpaceX on 2022-04-07 to book a dedicated Falcon 9 rocket for launching its latest generation of satellites.
SpaceX decided to deploy Starlink at initially low check-out orbits.
Approximately one-third of currently active satellites are operated by SpaceX.
Astranis’ four-satellite payload on SpaceX’s 2023 mission includes two satellites for inflight connectivity provider Anuvu, one satellite for Peruvian telco Andesat, and one satellite without an announced customer.
The debut SpaceVan™ mission will launch on a Falcon 9 rideshare mission in October 2023 under a launch service agreement between Exotrail and SpaceX.
South Korea signed a contract with SpaceX to launch five spy satellites by 2025.
On 2022-03-21, OneWeb agreed a deal with SpaceX to resume launches during the same year.
A 2022-02-26 tweet from a Ukrainian government minister to Elon Musk provided SpaceX permission to provide Starlink capability in Ukraine.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch South Korea’s first homegrown spy satellite from the United States in 2023.
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute signed a contract with SpaceX to use the Falcon 9 rocket for the first 800-kilogram spy satellite launch in the United States scheduled for 2023.
The Agency for Defense Development signed a contract with SpaceX to use the Falcon 9 rocket for subsequent South Korean spy satellite launches through the 2025 target year.
The first eight Tracking Layer satellites, made by L3Harris and SpaceX, are projected to launch in 2023.
SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour carrying four private astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on 2022-04-09 for a scheduled eight-day stay.
SpaceX will launch Inmarsat I-6 F2 from Cape Canaveral, Florida in 2023-01-01.
SpaceX launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft on 2022-04-08 carrying four commercial astronauts to the International Space Station for Axiom Space.
Crew Dragon Endeavour is capsule C206 manufactured and operated by SpaceX.
In the original Human Landing System competition that SpaceX won, Lockheed Martin was part of the National Team led by Blue Origin that also included Northrop Grumman and Draper.
France’s Conseil d’État revoked SpaceX’s spectrum license to provide Starlink broadband services in France on 2024-04-05.
The SpaceX Ax-1 commercial mission for Axiom Space is scheduled to launch from Launch Complex 39A on 2022-04-08.