Falcon 9 Family rocket variant.
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A SpaceX IPO in 2026 would likely focus on a closed-loop economy in which SpaceX’s launch dominance subsidizes its high-margin data services.
ASBM 1 and ASBM 2 spacecraft launched in August 2024 from Vandenberg Air Force Base into highly elliptical orbit to reach the Arctic coverage area.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Space Tango payloads on Commercial Resupply Services–10 (CRS-10) on 2017-02-19 at approximately 9:39 AM EST.
Prices NASA paid under its Launch Services Program for ULA’s Atlas 5 missions dropped by about $20,000,000 after SpaceX’s Falcon 9 became eligible to compete for those missions in 2013.
SpaceX projected it is possible to reduce the marginal cost of a Falcon 9 launch to under $5,000,000 to $6,000,000 within about three years.
The 2018-05-21 Iridium launch will use a Falcon 9 with a previously flown first stage, as did the prior two Iridium launches.
SpaceX offered a discounted price of $50,000,000 for Falcon 9 launches with previously flown boosters compared with a list price of $62,000,000.
NASA was SpaceX’s first customer after Falcon 9’s 2010 debut and took the next four consecutive Falcon 9 launches for International Space Station resupply missions.
On the 2018-05-21 launch, the Falcon 9 upper stage will deploy the two GRACE-FO satellites into one orbit and then relight to maneuver to a different orbit for Iridium satellite deployment.
DigitalGlobe selected SpaceX to launch the WorldView Legion constellation in 2021 using two Falcon 9 rockets with previously flown first-stage boosters.
The Block 5 Falcon 9 is around twice as powerful as the Falcon 9 that first launched a NASA demonstration resupply mission in 2010.
SpaceX launched the all-electric SES-12 telecom satellite on 2018-06-04 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base using a Falcon 9 rocket.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 on 2018-05-22 from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying five Iridium Next satellites and two GRACE-FO Earth science satellites using a previously-flown first stage.
The Falcon 9 first stage used on 2018-05-22 was a reused booster that previously launched Northrop Grumman’s Zuma mission in January.
SpaceX broke ground on a launch site near Brownsville, Texas, in September 2014 with initial plans to use it for additional Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a Dragon cargo spacecraft on 2018-06-29 on the final flight of a Block 4 version of the rocket.
SpaceX will use the upgraded Block 5 version of the Falcon 9 for all future launches.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch Maxar's WorldView Legion constellation in 2021 using two pre-flown Falcon 9 rockets.
SpaceX launched 10 Iridium Next telecommunications satellites on 2018-07-25 using a Falcon 9 rocket.
ABS-2A and ABS-3A launched in 2015 and 2016, respectively, each paired with a Boeing-built satellite for Eutelsat in two dual launches on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets.