News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- Impulse Space announces first orbital transfer vehicle mission SpaceNews · 5 Jan 2023 Impulse Space announced Jan. 4 it will launch its first orbital transfer vehicle late this year on a SpaceX rideshare mission.
- SpaceX eyes West Coast for first Starlink launch of 2023 Teslarati · 4 Jan 2023 SpaceX is reportedly planning to launch its first Starlink mission of 2023 from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base. Next Spaceflight reports that...
- SpaceX gears up for busy year of Falcon Heavy launches Teslarati · 4 Jan 2023 SpaceX is targeting no earlier than January 12th for the fifth launch of Falcon Heavy, the largest and most powerful commercial rocket...
- SpaceX launches 114 small satellites on first mission of 2023 Spaceflight Now · 3 Jan 2023 SpaceX’s first launch of the year hauled 114 small satellites into polar orbit for operators in 23 countries. Liftoff occurred at 9:56 a.m. EST (1456 GMT) Tuesday. The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket returned to Cape...
- SpaceX kicks off 2023 with second largest rideshare launch Teslarati · 3 Jan 2023 After rounding out 2022 with the world’s last orbital launch, SpaceX has kicked off 2023 with the new year’s first orbital launch...
- SpaceX begins 2023 with Transporter-6 launch SpaceNews · 3 Jan 2023 After a record-setting year of launch activity in 2022, SpaceX kicked off the new year Jan. 3 with a Falcon 9 launch of more than 110 smallsats.
- After doubling launch record in 2022, can SpaceX take another step up in 2023? Ars Technica · 3 Jan 2023 The company may aim for as many as 100 launches in 2023.
- SpaceX rings in 2023 with Transporter-6 rideshare mission NASASpaceflight · 3 Jan 2023 SpaceX began another busy year with the launch of the Transporter-6 rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS). The mission lifted off at 9:56 AM EST (14:56 UTC)...
- Space solar power experiment, 36 Planet imaging satellites on SpaceX rideshare mission Spaceflight Now · 2 Jan 2023 The 114 small satellites set for launch Tuesday on SpaceX’s first mission of the year include 36 spacecraft for Planet’s commercial remote sensing fleet, a space-based solar power experiment, and space tugs to piggyback...
- Military officials forecast 87 launches from Florida’s Space Coast in 2023 Spaceflight Now · 2 Jan 2023 The U.S. Space Force is preparing for as many as 87 launches from Florida’s Space Coast in 2023, including dozens more SpaceX missions and the expected debuts of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan and Relativity’s Terran 1...
- SpaceX will try to follow record-breaking 2022 with busier 2023 NASASpaceflight · 31 Dec 2022 SpaceX has shattered the record for launches in a calendar year by a single rocket type while making large strides toward getting the successor vehicle off the ground, despite a few struggles with Falcon 9 launch delays...
- SpaceX threw its annual 2022 holiday parties and was a hit on TikTok Teslarati · 31 Dec 2022 SpaceX held its annual holiday parties in December, and as holidays are a time of celebrating festivities, several attendees provided a look...
- SpaceX launch of Israeli satellite marks company’s 61st mission of 2022 Spaceflight Now · 30 Dec 2022 SpaceX launched its 61st and final mission of 2022 Thursday night from California, placing an Israeli Earth-imaging satellite into orbit and tying a 1980 record for the most successful flights by a rocket family in a sin...
- SpaceX completes record year with Israeli imaging satellite launch SpaceNews · 30 Dec 2022 SpaceX capped off the busiest year in its two-decade history Dec. 30 with a Falcon 9 launch of a commercial Israeli imaging satellite.
- SpaceX ties 42-year-old Soviet record with last launch of 2022 Teslarati · 30 Dec 2022 SpaceX has tied a 42-year-old record with its 61st and final Falcon rocket launch of 2022. Also marking the latest in a...
- SpaceX launches EROS-C3 observation satellite from Vandenberg NASASpaceflight · 30 Dec 2022 SpaceX has launched its 61st and final mission of 2022, this one aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The EROS-C3 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at the Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California...
- SpaceX launches first mission for Starlink Gen2 constellation Spaceflight Now · 28 Dec 2022 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Wednesday with 54 more Starlink internet satellites, a mission to begin populating a new orbital shell authorized by federal regulators earlier this month for the com...
- SpaceX aces 60th orbital launch of 2022 Teslarati · 28 Dec 2022 SpaceX has completed its 60th orbital launch of 2022, marking the first time the company has fully hit a public cadence target...
- SpaceX begins launching Starlink second generation constellation NASASpaceflight · 27 Dec 2022 SpaceX is set to launch a batch of 54 Starlink internet satellites – Starlink Group 5-1 – into low Earth orbit (LEO) this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022. Liftoff is scheduled to occur at 4:40 AM EST (09:40 UTC) from Space Laun...
- SpaceX’s first “next-gen” Starlink satellites are suspiciously familiar Teslarati · 26 Dec 2022 In a strange twist, SpaceX says that its next Starlink mission will launch 54 satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO), implying that...
- NASA requests information on Hubble reboost options SpaceNews · 22 Dec 2022 NASA is seeking concepts from industry on how they would reboost the orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope, a sign that the agency is looking beyond SpaceX for any mission to extend the orbiting observatory’s life.
- SpaceX wins Sentinel 6B radar satellite launch contract Teslarati · 22 Dec 2022 SpaceX has won a contract to launch the joint US-European Sentinel 6B radar satellite as early as November 2025. Five years ago,...
- SpaceX might launch first Starlink Gen2 satellites next week Teslarati · 21 Dec 2022 SpaceX has told the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it plans to begin launching its first next-generation Starlink Gen2 satellites before...
- NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Sentinel-6B Mission NASA · 20 Dec 2022 NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Sentinel-6B mission.
- SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet surpasses one million active users Teslarati · 20 Dec 2022 SpaceX says its Starlink satellite internet service has surpassed one million active subscribers just two years after its first limited beta release....
- SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet gains 750,000 subscribers in nine months Teslarati · 20 Dec 2022 SpaceX says its Starlink satellite internet service has surpassed one million active subscribers just two years after its first limited beta release....
- SpaceX preparing to start Starlink Gen2 launches this month SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2022 SpaceX could start launching second-generation Starlink satellites in the coming weeks to add more capacity to its increasingly congested broadband network.
- SpaceX aces three Falcon 9 launches in 34 hours Teslarati · 19 Dec 2022 SpaceX has successfully launched three Falcon 9 rockets less than 34 hours apart, leaving the company only one mission shy of CEO...
- SpaceX launches second mission from Florida within two days NASASpaceflight · 18 Dec 2022 SpaceX has launched the a pair of Falcon 9 missions approximately 23 hours apart from the company’s two Florida launch pads. The first mission carried the first two satellites for a new constellation known as O3b mPOWER...
- SpaceX booster launches for record 15th time on Starlink mission Spaceflight Now · 17 Dec 2022 SpaceX launched 54 more Starlink internet satellites Saturday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, using a Falcon 9 booster on its 15th flight to space, a record for the company’s reusable rocket fleet. The mission was...
- 200th launch of SpaceX Falcon rocket boosts O3b mPOWER internet satellites Spaceflight Now · 16 Dec 2022 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:48 p.m. EST (2221 GMT) Friday from Cape Canaveral on a mission to boost two high-power broadband satellites for SES’s O3b mPOWER network toward a unique equatorial orbit some 5,000...
- SpaceX launches SWOT ocean research mission NASASpaceflight · 16 Dec 2022 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the joint NASA/CNES Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 3:46 AM PST (11:46 UTC) on Friday, Dec. 16, after a 24-ho...
- SpaceX launches first pair of O3b mPower satellites SpaceNews · 16 Dec 2022 SpaceX launched the first O3b mPower satellites for SES’ next-generation broadband constellation Dec. 16, each promising 10 times more throughput than their predecessors in medium Earth orbit.
- Investing in Space: Coopetition CNBC · 15 Dec 2022 This year has seen two remarkable examples of competitors cooperating, with OneWeb and then Northrop Grumman buying launches from SpaceX – deals which would have seemed far-fetched before 2022. Left without rides to spac...
- Satellite to take pulse of Earth’s water cycle ready for launch on SpaceX rocket Spaceflight Now · 15 Dec 2022 A French-built satellite equipped with an innovative U.S.-made radar instrument is buttoned up for blastoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Friday from California, kicking off a mission to investigate the link between Ea...
- SpaceX launch from California delayed to review engine data Spaceflight Now · 14 Dec 2022 SpaceX has delayed the launch from California of a Falcon 9 rocket with a U.S.-French environmental monitoring satellite from Thursday to Friday, allowing more time to review the source of moisture in two of the launcher...
- SpaceX targeting salvo of three Falcon 9 launches this week Teslarati · 13 Dec 2022 SpaceX is in the final stages of preparing a trio of Falcon 9 rockets for a set of launches scheduled less than...
- Elon’s Twitter dilemma SpaceNews · 12 Dec 2022 Elon Musk used Twitter to communicate SpaceX's ascent to the top of the space industry. What happens to Musk's space ambitions now that he owns Twitter?
- SpaceX launches lunar lander for Japanese venture ispace, which aims to create moon economy CNBC · 11 Dec 2022 Japanese lunar exploration company ispace began its long-anticipated first mission on Sunday, with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching the venture’s lunar lander from Florida.
- Japanese moon lander, NASA hitchhiker payload launched by SpaceX Spaceflight Now · 11 Dec 2022 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral early Sunday with a commercial Japanese robotic moon lander and a NASA hitchhiker micro-payload called Lunar Flashlight that will seek out signs of water ice hidden...