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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Delays in the development of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner prompted NASA to procure additional commercial crew missions from SpaceX.
Crew-6, the last of the originally contracted SpaceX post-certification missions, could fly in the spring of 2023 depending on the status of Boeing’s Starliner.
NASA issued a procurement notice on 2021-12-03 expressing intent to modify the SpaceX CCtCap contract to procure up to three additional missions.
SpaceX operates approximately 2,000 Starlink satellites that deliver internet to Starlink terminals.
SpaceX will launch the Inmarsat-6 F2 (I-6 F2) satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida in 2023-01-01.
The Plan-S satellites are scheduled to launch in the second half of 2022 as part of SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program.
Oleg Kutkov bought a Starlink terminal off eBay in December and successfully got it working in Kyiv with technical support from SpaceX.
Exolaunch is a German- and US-based launch integrator operating under a Multi-Launch Agreement with SpaceX.
SpaceX previously launched the GX-4 satellite for Inmarsat in 2017.
Dream Chaser was originally proposed as a crewed vehicle and won initial rounds of commercial crew awards from NASA before losing the 2014 contract competition to Boeing and SpaceX.
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites on 2022-02-25.
SpaceX launched the 50 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX worked with the government of Tonga to provide Starlink connectivity after a volcanic eruption in January broke submarine cables serving the Pacific island nation.
NASA submitted a 2022-02-08 letter outlining concerns about SpaceX’s Starlink proposal, including increased conjunctions between Starlink satellites and other space objects and interference with satellite and ground-based science.
SpaceX launched 50 Starlink satellites to Low Earth Orbit on Friday, 2022-02-25 at 9:12 a.m. PST.
Spaceflight achieved the first launch of its Sherpa-FX1 orbital transfer vehicle in January 2021 and launched Sherpa-LTE1 and Sherpa-FX2 on SpaceX Transporter-2 in June 2021.
SpaceX will provide launch services for a planned spring 2024 launch of the Mission Robotic Vehicle and several Mission Extension Pods.
Satellite Vu signed a launch deal with SpaceX to launch a thermal imaging satellite in early 2023.
SpaceLogistics plans to send a new Mission Robotic Vehicle to orbit in 2024 on a SpaceX rocket.
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Airbus OneWeb Satellites, and Made In Space have established or expanded employment and facilities in Florida in recent years.