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SpaceX is targeting September 24 for the launch of NASA’s IMAP mission to interplanetary transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The ASAP panel was impressed by the manufacturing and operational pace at SpaceX but noted significant challenges in the HLS timeline.
Yuri Kubo, 40, has a background in electrical engineering from Purdue University and has worked for SpaceX in multiple roles, including launch director for Falcon 9 launches.
CSCA communicated with SpaceX regarding satellite orbit data issues.
A live webcast of the IMAP mission will begin about one hour prior to liftoff on X @SpaceX and the X TV app.
SpaceX's spectrum acquisition from EchoStar is valued at $17 billion.
The evaluation by ASAP followed a visit to SpaceX's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas by three panel members and meetings with company officials.
Dragonfly is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) has warned that SpaceX's Human Landing System (HLS) for Starship could arrive years late for the Artemis III mission scheduled to land on the Moon in mid-2027.
NASA selected SpaceX in 2021 to build the first HLS for the Artemis program, initially aiming for a 2024 landing that was later deemed unrealistic and postponed.
The FCC previously cleared SpaceX to orbit some Starlink satellites as low as 340 km, provided the company coordinates with NASA.
A live webcast of the NROL-48 mission began about 10 minutes prior to liftoff on X @SpaceX and the X TV app.
SpaceX is poised to compete for a share of the NGSO satellite market.
SpaceX's request adds to existing filings totaling up to 29,988 satellites, bringing the total envisioned to 44,988 satellites.
SpaceX proposes to provide MSS service internationally.
SpaceX has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch thousands of additional satellites into very low Earth orbit (VLEO).
NGSO operators Amazon and SpaceX urged WRC-23 to adopt a future agenda item to study and potentially update EPFD rules.
SpaceX requests to launch up to 5,760 satellites for each orbital plane.
The THOR 8 satellite mission will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2027.
The NROL-48 mission marks the eleventh launch of the National Reconnaissance Office's reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman.