News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- SpaceX doubleheader struck down by poor weather Teslarati · 21 Nov 2022 Update: The first of two SpaceX launch attempts scheduled on Tuesday, November 22nd has been called off by poor weather. The weather...
- Second pair of new space station solar arrays set for launch on Dragon cargo ship Spaceflight Now · 21 Nov 2022 A second pair of new roll-out solar arrays to upgrade the International Space Station’s power system is set for launch as soon as Tuesday on a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship. Astronauts will help deploy the power-generating so...
- Eutelsat satellite to get last ride from SpaceX’s oldest active Falcon 9 booster Spaceflight Now · 21 Nov 2022 A 12,000-pound European broadband communications satellite designed to beam internet signals to airplanes and ships is ready to rocket into a high-altitude orbit from Cape Canaveral Monday night, marking the 11th and fin...
- SpaceX ship headed 1000 kilometers out to sea for expendable Falcon 9 launch Teslarati · 20 Nov 2022 A SpaceX recovery ship is headed more than a thousand kilometers downrange to support the second expendable Falcon 9 rocket launch in...
- SpaceX to launch last new cargo Dragon spacecraft SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2022 A SpaceX Dragon launching soon to the International Space Station is the last cargo version of the spacecraft the company expects to build, with one more crewed spacecraft under construction.
- Japanese lunar lander slated to launch Nov. 28 at the earliest SpaceNews · 18 Nov 2022 Japan’s ispace expects SpaceX to launch its lunar lander Nov. 28 at the earliest for a mission to the moon’s surface roughly five months later.
- Former SpaceX employees file labor complaints alleging retaliatory firings by Elon Musk’s company CNBC · 17 Nov 2022 Former employees of SpaceX have filed federal complaints against the company, alleging Elon Musk’s venture illegally fired them in response to the concerns they expressed, including about sexual misconduct allegations di...
- Investing in Space: Starship on deck CNBC · 17 Nov 2022 The race between SpaceX and NASA to get their monster rockets into space tipped in the government’s favor this week, with the Space Launch System (SLS) finally thundering off the launch pad – putting more pressure on Elo...
- SpaceX delays Starlink launch after Falcon 9 static fire test Teslarati · 17 Nov 2022 Around 10 am Pacific on November 17th, SpaceX test-fired one of its Falcon 9 rockets and announced that its next Starlink launch...
- SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy rocket on track for early 2023 launch Teslarati · 16 Nov 2022 Two weeks after SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy launch in three and a half years, the US Space Force says that the rocket...
- NASA Awards SpaceX Second Contract Option for Artemis Moon Landing NASA · 15 Nov 2022 NASA has awarded a contract modification to SpaceX to further develop its Starship human landing system to meet agency requirements for long-term human exploration of the Moon under Artemis.
- SpaceX, NASA finalize contract for second crewed Starship Moon landing Teslarati · 15 Nov 2022 Around eight months after announcing its intention to do so, NASA has awarded SpaceX a contract for a second crewed Starship Moon...
- NASA awards SpaceX $1.15 billion contract for second Artemis lander mission SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2022 NASA has awarded SpaceX a $1.15 billion contract to develop an upgraded version of its Starship lunar lander and fly a second crewed mission.
- NASA Sets Coverage for Next SpaceX Resupply Launch to Space Station NASA · 14 Nov 2022 NASA and SpaceX are targeting 4:19 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 21, to launch the company’s 26th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station.
- SpaceX’s Starship briefly becomes the most powerful active rocket in the world Teslarati · 14 Nov 2022 A SpaceX Starship booster has successfully fired up 14 of its 33 Raptor engines, likely becoming the most powerful active rocket in...
- SpaceX launches a pair of Intelsat satellites on expendable Falcon 9 SpaceNews · 14 Nov 2022 SpaceX successfully launched a second pair of C-band replacement satellites for Intelsat over the weekend on the final flight of a frequently used Falcon 9 booster.
- Booster 7 resumes static fire testing as SpaceX ramps up Starship production NASASpaceflight · 14 Nov 2022 Booster 7 is set to resume its static fire test campaign as soon as Monday with a short firing of half of its engines in what is hoped to be the significant event before the long-awaited 33-engine static fire test. This...
- SpaceX expends Falcon 9 booster for the first time in almost three years Teslarati · 13 Nov 2022 For the first time since January 2020, SpaceX has intentionally expended a Falcon 9 booster instead of attempting to recover the rocket...
- SpaceX launches Falcon 9 booster into retirement on Intelsat mission Spaceflight Now · 12 Nov 2022 SpaceX launched one of its reusable Falcon 9 rocket boosters for the last time Saturday on a rare expendable mission for Intelsat, devoting all of the launcher’s propellant toward placing a pair of television broadcastin...
- Falcon 9 B1051 makes final flight on Galaxy-31 & 32 mission NASASpaceflight · 12 Nov 2022 After a delay caused by Hurricane Nicole, SpaceX launched its 52nd mission of 2022 with the Intelsat Galaxy-31 & 32 satellites using a flight-proven Falcon 9 to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). Falcon 9 first-stage...
- SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell to oversee Starship program, Starbase facilities Teslarati · 10 Nov 2022 The Information reports that SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell “will assume oversight” of the company’s Starship program and Starbase facilities, seemingly...
- UK grants Starlink and Telesat NGSO licenses SpaceNews · 10 Nov 2022 The United Kingdom gave SpaceX permission Nov. 10 to expand its Starlink satellite broadband network in the country, while also granting a license to Telesat for a competing constellation bound for non-geostationary orbi...
- SpaceX shuffles Starships, gears up for more Super Heavy static fires Teslarati · 9 Nov 2022 SpaceX is busy preparing for the orbital launch debut its next-generation Starship rocket, but the company’s South Texas rocket factory is also...
- ViaSat-3’s Falcon Heavy launch slips into early 2023 SpaceNews · 8 Nov 2022 Viasat said Nov. 8 its first ViaSat-3 broadband satellite will not be ready to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket this year.
- SpaceX, NASA batten down the hatches as another storm approaches Florida Teslarati · 8 Nov 2022 SpaceX, NASA, and the rest of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) are doing what they...
- Subtropical Storm Nicole delays SpaceX launch; Artemis 1 rocket stays on pad Spaceflight Now · 7 Nov 2022 SpaceX has pushed back the flight of its next Falcon 9 rocket from Tuesday to Saturday as Subtropical Storm Nicole threatens the east coast of Florida, officials said Monday. But NASA is keeping its Artemis 1 moon rocket...
- SpaceX ships Starship’s 200th upgraded Raptor engine Teslarati · 6 Nov 2022 A day after revealing the completion of the 200th Falcon upper stage and Merlin Vacuum engine, SpaceX has announced that it also...
- SpaceX launches Hotbird 13G to extend Eutelsat’s broadcast coverage SpaceNews · 3 Nov 2022 SpaceX launched the second of two satellites for Eutelsat Nov. 3 to replenish one of the largest broadcast systems in Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa.
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket completes 50th orbital launch of 2022 Teslarati · 3 Nov 2022 SpaceX has successfully launched French satellite communications provider Eutelsat’s Hotbird 13G satellite, chipping away at a jam-packed November manifest and completing Falcon...
- SpaceX ships 200th Falcon second stage, highlighting the flip-side of booster reuse Teslarati · 3 Nov 2022 SpaceX has built and shipped its 200th Falcon second stage, highlighting the often underappreciated rocket’s record of achievement on the ground and...
- SpaceX launches second Hotbird satellite for Eutelsat NASASpaceflight · 3 Nov 2022 SpaceX has conducted its 51st launch of 2022 with Eutelsat’s Hotbird-13G telecommunication satellite using a flight-proven Falcon 9 to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). The Falcon 9 launched from Space Launch Complex...
- O3b mPower service debut pushed later into 2023 SpaceNews · 3 Nov 2022 Four of the six O3b mPower broadband satellites that SES had planned to launch this year with SpaceX won’t be ready until early 2023, the operator said Nov. 3 as growth in its networks business boosted total revenues.
- SpaceX launches Airbus-built TV broadcasting spacecraft for Eutelsat Spaceflight Now · 3 Nov 2022 SpaceX launched the second in a series of three Falcon 9 rocket missions early Thursday for the European satellite operator Eutelsat, delivering to orbit a television broadcasting craft that also hosts an EU-funded paylo...
- SpaceX teams in Florida prep for second launch in as many days Spaceflight Now · 2 Nov 2022 One day after launching a triple-body Falcon Heavy rocket a few miles up the coast, SpaceX rolled its workhorse rocket — the Falcon 9 — to a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Wednesday for a late night...
- NASA Invites Media to Discuss Space Station Science, Experiments NASA · 2 Nov 2022 NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 9, to discuss the hardware, technology demonstrations, and science experiments headed to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s 26th commercial...
- SpaceX is now building a Raptor engine a day, NASA says Ars Technica · 2 Nov 2022 "This, by the way, is very high on their top risk list."
- Falcon Heavy ‘simply outstanding’ on SpaceX’s first launch to geosynch orbit Spaceflight Now · 1 Nov 2022 The U.S. Space Force confirmed Tuesday that a Falcon Heavy launcher placed two main payloads and at least three smaller rideshare satellites directly into a high-altitude geosynchronous orbit after liftoff from Florida,...
- The close-up view of two Falcon rockets landing is as majestic as you think Ars Technica · 1 Nov 2022 This was the first time SpaceX invited photographers to set up landing zone remotes.
- SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket back in action after a three-year hiatus Teslarati · 1 Nov 2022 SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy has continued a streak of successful dual-booster landings during its first attempted launch directly to geostationary orbit, a mission...
- SpaceX successfully launches its first Falcon Heavy in 40 months Ars Technica · 1 Nov 2022 SpaceX now has one more landing—51—than launches this year.