News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- SpaceX destacks “420” Starship, Super Heavy pair for the third time Teslarati · 22 Mar 2022 Update: Shortly before SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that Super Heavy booster B4 and Starship S20 are no longer assigned to the...
- SpaceX severs ties with longtime partner Spaceflight Inc. SpaceNews · 21 Mar 2022 SpaceX is severing ties with launch integrator Spaceflight Inc. after years of working closely together, a move that has surprised Spaceflight.
- SpaceX wins OneWeb launch contracts, demonstrating extreme flexibility Teslarati · 21 Mar 2022 Demonstrating a level of flexibility that no other commercial launch provider on Earth can likely match, SpaceX and OneWeb have entered into...
- Starlink reaches 250,000 subscribers as it targets aviation and other markets SpaceNews · 21 Mar 2022 SpaceX now has a quarter of a million subscribers for its Starlink satellite broadband service as it looks to move into new markets like aviation.
- OneWeb signs with SpaceX to resume launching internet constellation Spaceflight Now · 21 Mar 2022 OneWeb said Monday it has reached an agreement with SpaceX to resume launching the company’s satellite internet constellation later this year, just 18 days after suspending launches on Russian Soyuz rockets.
- OneWeb turns to a competitor—SpaceX—to complete its constellation Ars Technica · 21 Mar 2022 "We’re on track to finish building out our full fleet of satellites."
- OneWeb reaches launch deal with SpaceX SpaceNews · 21 Mar 2022 OneWeb did not disclose how soon its SpaceX launch would happen, how many satellites it would deploy, which SpaceX launch vehicle would be used, or whether the deal includes more than one launch
- SpaceX stretches rocket reuse record with another Starlink launch Spaceflight Now · 19 Mar 2022 SpaceX flew one of its Falcon 9 rocket boosters for a record 12th time early Saturday, delivering 53 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit and closing out the first quarter of 2022 with 11 missions.
- SpaceX sets reuse and payload mass records in Starlink launch SpaceNews · 19 Mar 2022 SpaceX set records for the reuse of its Falcon 9 booster and the mass that rocket placed into orbit March 19 with the latest launch of Starlink satellites.
- SpaceX sets new booster reuse record on Starlink mission NASASpaceflight · 19 Mar 2022 SpaceX launched the Starlink Group 4-12 mission with a Falcon 9 rocket with 53 satellites into Low Earth Orbit. Liftoff occurred at 12:42 AM EDT (04:42 UTC) on Saturday, March 19 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sets reusability record, launches heaviest payload yet Teslarati · 18 Mar 2022 SpaceX Falcon 9 booster B1051 has become the company’s ‘fleet leader’ after acing its 12th orbital-class launch and landing – a new...
- SpaceX to launch reusable booster for record 12th time Spaceflight Now · 18 Mar 2022 SpaceX raised a veteran Falcon 9 booster vertical on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral late Thursday, ready for a record-setting 12th mission Friday night with 53 more Starlink internet satellites.
- SpaceX tests fully stacked Starship rocket for the first time Teslarati · 17 Mar 2022 After rapidly stacking Ship 20 and Booster 4 the evening prior, SpaceX appears to have begun testing a fully stacked Starship rocket...
- SpaceX schedules spy satellite, NASA astronaut launches on the same day Teslarati · 16 Mar 2022 The US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has confirmed that its next spy satellite is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9...
- SpaceX rapidly stacks Starship and Super Heavy with ‘Mechazilla’ Teslarati · 16 Mar 2022 For the second time ever, SpaceX has used Starbase’s ‘Mechazilla’ tower and arms to stack a Starship upper stage on top of...
- SpaceX preparing for third Starship ‘full stack’ Teslarati · 15 Mar 2022 SpaceX appears to be preparing Starship 20 and Super Heavy Booster 4 for their third ‘full stack’ demonstration after two seemingly successful...
- OneWeb not eager to tear up launch contract with Arianespace Spaceflight Now · 14 Mar 2022 OneWeb working with Arianespace, who owes the satellite internet firm six more Soyuz launches, to find a ride to orbit for more than 200 of its spacecraft left grounded by an embargo on Western payloads flying aboard Rus...
- SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster spotted at Kennedy Space Center Teslarati · 14 Mar 2022 SpaceX has been spotted transporting a Falcon Heavy booster through NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) facilities, offering a slight glimpse behind the...
- SpaceX drone ship leaves port for sixth consecutive Starlink launch Teslarati · 14 Mar 2022 SpaceX drone ship Just Read The Instructions (JRTI) has departed Port Canaveral in anticipation of the company’s sixth consecutive Starlink launch. Known...
- Methalox race likely to be won in 2022, but winner not yet clear NASASpaceflight · 13 Mar 2022 Right now, several methane-fueled rockets are in a race to orbit. With Starship from SpaceX, Vulcan from United Launch Alliance (ULA), and Neutron from Rocket Lab, all of the most active US launch providers are committed...
- AST SpaceMobile books more SpaceX rides months after canceling Soyuz reservation SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2022 AST SpaceMobile is expanding a launch deal with SpaceX for its cellphone-compatible broadband constellation following a 2021 decision to move its upcoming BlueWalker-3 prototype mission from Russia’s now-embargoed Soyuz...
- SpaceX to launch AST SpaceMobile’s first space-based cell towers Teslarati · 11 Mar 2022 AST Space Mobile says it has chosen SpaceX to launch its first operational BlueBird satellite after contracting the company to launch BlueWalker...
- Rocket Report: Ariane 6 workers are “hyperstressed,” SpaceX retort to Rogozin Ars Technica · 11 Mar 2022 "The project adds another dimension to the representation of humanity in space."
- SpaceX’s first 33-engine Super Heavy booster reaches full height Teslarati · 10 Mar 2022 Approximately 11 weeks after the process began, SpaceX has finished stacking its newest Super Heavy booster prototype – the first of its...
- SpaceX rapidly reuses converted Falcon Heavy booster Teslarati · 10 Mar 2022 SpaceX has reflown a converted Falcon Heavy side booster just 37 days after its first mission as a Falcon 9 rocket, successfully...
- Group 4-10 brings Starlink to over 2,000 operational satellites NASASpaceflight · 9 Mar 2022 SpaceX launched 48 Starlink internet communication satellites to low Earth orbit Wednesday morning from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff occurred at 8:45 AM EST (13:45...
- SpaceX “broomstick” launches 40th Starlink mission Spaceflight Now · 9 Mar 2022 Another grouping of 48 Starlink internet satellites soared into orbit Wednesday from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, or what SpaceX’s launch director jokingly called an “American broomstick” in a jab at Russian...
- U.S. general: Starlink in Ukraine showing what megaconstellations can do SpaceNews · 8 Mar 2022 U.S. Space Command has been impressed by SpaceX’s ability to provide internet access in war-torn parts of Ukraine, the head of the command told lawmakers March 8.
- SpaceX upgrading Starship noses and domes for easier assembly Teslarati · 8 Mar 2022 While a separate team closes in on the completion of a new and improved Starship nosecone, SpaceX also appears to have begun...
- SpaceX Starbase facilities already taking advantage of new “Port Connector Road” Teslarati · 8 Mar 2022 SpaceX’s Starbase facilities appear to have immediately begun to take advantage of a brand new “South Port Connector Road” built by the...
- SpaceX worked for weeks to begin Starlink service in Ukraine SpaceNews · 8 Mar 2022 SpaceX’s president says the company had been working for weeks to secure approval for Starlink services in Ukraine before a government minister tweeted a request to Elon Musk.
- SpaceX to continue Starlink network deployment with another Falcon 9 launch Spaceflight Now · 8 Mar 2022 The 40th dedicated launch for SpaceX’s Starlink internet network is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday, adding 48 more broadband relay nodes to the ever-growing, privately-owned satellite constellation.
- SpaceX on track for fourth Starlink launch in 16 days [webcast] Teslarati · 7 Mar 2022 Update: SpaceX says a Falcon 9 rocket is on track to launch 48 Starlink 4-10 satellites no earlier than 8:45 am EST...
- SpaceX’s first Jupiter launch a step closer as NASA begins assembling ‘Europa Clipper’ Teslarati · 7 Mar 2022 NASA says that the assembly of Europa Clipper has begun at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Southern California. Europa Clipper is...
- Frosty Texas vehicles and groundwork in Florida ahead of Starship evolution NASASpaceflight · 6 Mar 2022 Future vehicles are continuing to take shape in what appears to be a multi-flow of preparations at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in South Texas. While Booster 4 and Ship 20 continue to provide valuable ground test data at t...
- SpaceX shifts resources to cybersecurity to address Starlink jamming SpaceNews · 5 Mar 2022 Citing Starlink jamming “near conflict areas,” Elon Musk said March 5 that SpaceX will be "reprioritzed to cyber defense & overcoming signal jamming" at the expense of "slight delays" in Starship and Starlink V2.
- SpaceX’s South Texas Starship factory prepares for major upgrades Teslarati · 4 Mar 2022 In what is probably a sign of things to come for SpaceX’s nascent Florida Starship factory, the company’s original Starbase facility in...
- SpaceX launches ninth Falcon 9 rocket in nine weeks Teslarati · 3 Mar 2022 SpaceX confirms that its ninth launch of 2022 was a success, meaning that the company has now completed nine orbital launches in...
- After another Starlink mission, SpaceX on pace for one launch per week this year Spaceflight Now · 3 Mar 2022 Another batch of 47 internet satellites launched Thursday on a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, heading into the sky to join SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network on the company’s ninth mission in nine weeks, kee...
- SpaceX keeping up the pace with Starlink Group 4-9 launch NASASpaceflight · 3 Mar 2022 SpaceX has launched another 47 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. The liftoff occurred at 9:25 AM EST (14:25 UTC) on Thursday, March 3, from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida....