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SpaceX

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commercialFounded 2002
Hawthorne, California, United States
www.spacex.com
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A federal bankruptcy court in Florida approved an agreement on 2023-11-22 for SpaceX to acquire Pioneer Aerospace for $2,200,000.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/30/2023SpaceX acquires parachute supplier

SpaceX and Amazon support updating EPFD rules established over a decade ago to support innovation in orbits outside of GEO.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/22/2023Viasat warns satellite power limit review would hurt GEO innovation

ASBM-1 and ASBM-2 are planned to launch together on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in mid-2024.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/22/2023Viasat's Arctic Broadband Expansion Nears as Spacecraft Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing

SpaceX operates around 5,000 Starlink satellites and currently runs the largest NGSO constellation.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/20/2023Battle of the Bands: What’s at stake for space at WRC-23

SpaceX must complete a mishap investigation approved by the FAA before the next flight.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/20/2023Starship flies again

Jupiter-3 launched to geostationary transfer orbit on 2023-07-28 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT11/20/2023Jupiter-3 deploys solar arrays and antennas in orbit

SpaceX delayed the second flight test of a fully integrated Starship by 24 hours from 2023-11-17 to replace a grid fin actuator on the launch stack.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT11/17/2023SpaceX UPDATE: Starship’s second flight test delayed in need of a replacement part

SpaceX scheduled the second integrated Starship flight test to launch from its Starbase site near Boca Chica, Texas.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT11/17/2023SpaceX UPDATE: Starship’s second flight test delayed in need of a replacement part

The Super Heavy first stage’s 33 engines carved a crater beneath the launch mount during the first flight test, which SpaceX spent months repairing and upgrading.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT11/17/2023SpaceX UPDATE: Starship’s second flight test delayed in need of a replacement part

Mission 2 is expected to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than Winter 2024.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/16/2023ispace Announces Mission 2 with Unveiling of Micro Rover Design

In June, SpaceX implemented well over a thousand changes to Starship/Super Heavy based on lessons from the first launch and other desired upgrades, and Elon Musk estimated a 60% chance of a successful flight.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/15/2023Starship cleared for Nov. 18 launch

SpaceX scheduled liftoff for a two-hour window that originally opened at 8 a.m. Eastern before delaying the launch to 2023-11-18 to repair a fin actuator.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT11/15/2023Starship cleared for Nov. 18 launch

AST SpaceMobile is spending $5,000,000 more on its first commercial direct-to-smartphone satellites so SpaceX can launch them early next year to a different orbital inclination.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/15/2023AST SpaceMobile adjusts launch plan for potential direct-to-device customer

SpaceX is teaming up with T-Mobile in the United States to deploy direct-to-smartphone services using upgraded broadband satellites in the Starlink constellation.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/15/2023AST SpaceMobile adjusts launch plan for potential direct-to-device customer

SpaceX planned a launch no earlier than 2023-11-17 pending regulatory approvals.

NARRATIVE LEGAL11/15/2023Starship cleared for Nov. 18 launch

Quantum Space plans to launch its first satellite, Scout-1, no earlier than March 2024 on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare flight.

NARRATIVE GROWTH11/14/2023Quantum Space reveals plan for Scout-1 satellite and Sentry mission

Scout-1 is scheduled to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida no earlier than March 2024.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/14/2023Quantum Space readies Scout-1 for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission

SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission carrying Pelican-1 and 36 SuperDoves will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/10/2023Planet to Launch Pelican and 36 SuperDoves Satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 Mission

X-37B Mission 7, also designated OTV-7, will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time under the mission designation USSF-52.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/9/2023Department of Air Force Set to Launch Seventh X-37B Mission on SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket

SpaceX is completing a tower at Space Launch Complex 40 that is designed to support Dragon cargo and crew missions.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT11/9/2023SpaceX launches cargo Dragon mission to ISS
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