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SpaceX

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commercialFounded 2002
Hawthorne, California, United States
www.spacex.com
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SpaceX plans to launch two more pairs of O3b mPower satellites early next year to enable SES to start initial O3b mPower services globally by the third quarter of 2023.

NARRATIVE GROWTH12/16/2022SpaceX launches first pair of O3b mPower satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft on 2022-12-16.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT12/16/2022Falcon 9 launches ocean science mission for NASA and CNES

SpaceX has requested authorization from the Federal Communications Commission for another 30,000 satellites and has received FCC authorization for 7,500 satellites so far.

NARRATIVE LEGAL12/14/2022U.S. space internet companies fear competitive threat from China

JINJUSat-1 is targeted to launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission no earlier than October 2023.

NARRATIVE PLAN12/12/2022CONTEC signs a space transportation contract with Momentus

SpaceX acquired small satellite operator Swarm Technologies in 2022 and intends to build on that acquisition for mobile services and IoT connectivity.

ORG RELATIONSHIP12/8/2022SpaceX requests permission for direct-to-smartphone service

SpaceX launched 55 missions in 2022, with more than half of those missions supporting its Starlink low Earth orbit broadband constellation.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT12/8/2022SpaceX launches 40 satellites in first of three missions for OneWeb

SpaceX delayed its first launch for OneWeb from 2022-12-06 to 2022-12-08 for additional pre-launch checks.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/8/2022SpaceX launches 40 satellites in first of three missions for OneWeb

SpaceX planned to launch initial direct-to-smartphone services, starting with text messaging, as early as 2024.

NARRATIVE PLAN12/8/2022SpaceX requests permission for direct-to-smartphone service

The Mission 1 lunar lander will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

NARRATIVE PLAN12/7/2022ispace Announces Mission 1 Launch Schedule Update

Starshield will build satellite buses to support the most demanding customer hosted-payload missions.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/5/2022SpaceX introduces the Starshield secured satellite network for government entities

SpaceX participated in the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency missile-tracking and missile-detection constellation and partnered with Leidos to develop four classified infrared sensor satellites scheduled to launch before the end of the year.

ORG RELATIONSHIP12/3/2022SpaceX rolls out new business line focused on military satellite services

SpaceX no longer plans to deploy a 2022-09-07,518-satellite V-band system that had previously been authorized by the FCC.

NARRATIVE GROWTH12/2/2022FCC grants partial approval for Starlink second-generation constellation

SpaceX no longer plans to deploy a 2022-09-07,518-satellite V-band system that had previously been authorized by the FCC.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/2/2022FCC grants partial approval for Starlink second-generation constellation

SpaceX is slated to launch 40 OneWeb satellites as early as 2022-12-06 to complete almost 80% of OneWeb's low Earth orbit broadband constellation.

NARRATIVE PLAN12/2/2022OneWeb aims to deploy a record 40 satellites in SpaceX mission

The FCC authorized SpaceX to launch 7,500 satellites of its proposed Gen2 Starlink constellation.

NARRATIVE LEGAL12/2/2022FCC grants partial approval for Starlink second-generation constellation

The FCC determined that its partial authorization for 7,500 Gen2 satellites does not increase the total number of satellites SpaceX is authorized to deploy compared to prior authorizations and slightly reduces that total.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/2/2022FCC grants partial approval for Starlink second-generation constellation

SpaceX is slated to launch 40 OneWeb satellites as early as 2022-12-06 to complete almost 80% of OneWeb's low Earth orbit broadband constellation.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/2/2022OneWeb aims to deploy a record 40 satellites in SpaceX mission

Lunar Flashlight is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on 2022-12-01.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/30/2022UPDATE 1: Ready for Falcon 9 push — NASA’s Lunar Flashlight smallsat now set for December 1st launch

The Kelpie satellite is planned to launch on the SpaceX Transporter 6 mission expected in December 2022.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/29/2022AAC Clyde Space’s first Kelpie satellite Supporting ORBCOMM’s AIS Service to Cape Canaveral launch site

Both EPS-R payloads are scheduled to launch to highly elliptical orbits in 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/28/2022Space Force delivers final payload for Space Norway’s arctic broadband mission
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