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MANTIS completed integrations with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 ahead of lift-off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, U.S.
MANTIS completed integrations with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 ahead of lift-off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, U.S.
SpaceX developed propulsive landings for Falcon 9 boosters and achieved reuse of boosters with a current record of 17 flights for a single booster.
SpaceX is slated to launch the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite for Yahsat in 2024.
SpaceX cited its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas as the relevant location where it received approximately 72,000 applications for 1,451 positions between September 2018 and May 2022.
SpaceX initially provided Starlink services in Ukraine at its own expense and through an agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Sen. Jack Reed, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, plans to launch an investigation into SpaceX’s actions in Ukraine.
Ax-3 will launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and will spend up to 14 days on the International Space Station.
After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, SpaceX provided Starlink services at its own expense and through an agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development.
UtilitySat is slated to launch with SpaceX before the end of 2023 and will partially serve as an initial replacement for Alaskan telco Pacific Dataport following the failure of its debut spacecraft.
SpaceX determined that leaking propellant in the aft end of the Super Heavy booster created fires that severed connections with the primary flight computer, leading to loss of communications to the majority of booster engines and loss of vehicle control.
The Dragon spacecraft used by Crew-6 was on its fourth flight and retained the name Endeavour, which retired NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley gave it on its first voyage for SpaceX Demo-2.
SpaceX and Amazon are among the largest companies not signed on to the World Economic Forum's recommendations for sustainable practices.
SpaceX had completed 17 flights from Vandenberg in 2023 prior to the Tranche 0 Flight 2 launch.
Starlink V2 Mini satellites began deployment in February 2023 while SpaceX awaits Starship capability to launch full-scale Starlink V2s.
As of late July, SpaceX’s rideshare website listed no openings for launching a single smallsat before mid-2025.
Based on available PitchBook data, Axiom Space ranked second to SpaceX for the most amount of money raised by a private space company in 2023.
SpaceX rescheduled the liftoff of its next Falcon 9 Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to Wednesday, 2023-08-23.
The first two Jackal autonomous orbital vehicles are slated to launch in February 2024 aboard a SpaceX Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
QPS-SAR-6 reached orbit as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-8 rideshare mission in June.