News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- SpaceX working on several Starship, Super Heavy upgrades and design changes Teslarati · 11 Jan 2022 Not long after Elon Musk confirmed plans to add three more Raptor engines to Starship and stretch the upper stage’s propellant tanks,...
- SpaceX to leverage Starship for second generation Starlink constellation NASASpaceflight · 11 Jan 2022 SpaceX has provided some interesting context into its plans to launch vast numbers of next-generation “Gen2” Starlink satellites on its Starship launch system, in response to questions from the Federal Communications Com...
- SpaceX “intends” to start launching next-generation Starlink satellites in March Teslarati · 11 Jan 2022 In a new Q&A with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), SpaceX says it still “plans” and “intends” to begin launching the next...
- IXPE X-ray observatory completes commissioning, eyes Cassiopeia A for calibration NASASpaceflight · 11 Jan 2022 The pioneering Imaging X-ray Polarimeter Explorer (IXPE) telescope, the first observatory in space to perform detailed polarimetry of some of the highest-energy objects the universe has to offer, has ended its highly-suc...
- SpaceX goes all-in on Starship configuration for second-gen Starlink SpaceNews · 10 Jan 2022 SpaceX has dropped a plan to use Falcon 9 to launch the 30,000 satellites in its proposed second-generation Starlink broadband constellation, and is instead focusing on a configuration leveraging its upcoming Starship ve...
- SpaceX simulates lifting Starship with launch tower ‘arms’ Teslarati · 10 Jan 2022 SpaceX has taken Starbase’s rocket-catching launch tower ‘arms’ to new heights during the latest series of proof tests. That process began in...
- SpaceX preparing for third rideshare launch with dozens of small satellites Teslarati · 9 Jan 2022 One week after SpaceX and the world’s first orbital launch of 2022, the company is a few days out from its second...
- Rocket Report: SpaceX raises more cash, buy your own New Glenn Ars Technica · 7 Jan 2022 "SpaceX ... is currently drafting responses for the over 18,000 public comments."
- SpaceX kicks off jam-packed new year with Starlink launch and Falcon landing Teslarati · 6 Jan 2022 SpaceX has successfully completed its first launch – a Starlink mission – of 2022, kicking off the most ambitious annual launch manifest...
- SpaceX conducts first orbital launch of 2022 with Starlink Group 4-5 NASASpaceflight · 6 Jan 2022 SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites to the fourth shell of the constellation for the first global orbital launch attempt of the year.
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ready for first of dozens of launches in 2022 Teslarati · 6 Jan 2022 Teams have rolled a Falcon 9 out of its integration hangar and raised the rocket vertical at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Pad...
- SpaceX targeting five East Coast Falcon launches in first month of 2022 Teslarati · 6 Jan 2022 In a new statement focused on Cape Canaveral’s “exceptionally busy” 2022 schedule, a senior US Space Force (formerly Air Force) official has...
- SpaceX deploys 49 more Starlink satellites in first launch of 2022 Spaceflight Now · 6 Jan 2022 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and deployed 49 more Starlink internet satellites, blazing a new trail to orbit on the first of as many as seven space missions from...
- SpaceX kicks off 2022 with Starlink launch SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2022 After setting a record for launch activity in 2021, SpaceX started 2022 with the Falcon 9 launch of a set of Starlink satellites Jan. 6.
- Psyche to begin environmental testing ahead of August 2022 launch NASASpaceflight · 4 Jan 2022 As 2022 begins, the ASU (Arizona State University)-led team for the NASA Psyche spacecraft is preparing to conduct thermal vacuum testing in preparation for launch. Psyche is a first-of-a-kind mission set to orbit an M-T...
- Starlink’s head of India resigns as SpaceX refunds preorders SpaceNews · 4 Jan 2022 Starlink’s lead executive in India said he resigned Friday for personal reasons, a month after the country’s government ordered SpaceX to stop preselling the satellite broadband service until it gives regulatory approval...
- Elon Musk says SpaceX making good progress on Starship’s upgraded Raptor 2 engines Teslarati · 4 Jan 2022 As is routine, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to offer a few details about the status of Starship, its...
- SpaceX Starship ‘launch tower’ spreads its rocket-catching arms Teslarati · 4 Jan 2022 Update: Shortly after publishing, SpaceX began a much more ambitious series of tests with the Starship launch tower’s two main arms, which...
- From Hops to Belly Flops, Starship prepares for a leap into space NASASpaceflight · 3 Jan 2022 SpaceX’s Starship program is set to take its next leap in the coming year, following a 2021 that included numerous test flights and widescale groundwork at its launch and production facilities.
- SpaceX Starship prototype completes fourth static fire Teslarati · 3 Jan 2022 In its true last act of the year, SpaceX successfully fired up its first orbital-class Starship for the fourth time in approximately...
- SpaceX’s first launch of 2022 will deploy more Starlink internet satellites Spaceflight Now · 2 Jan 2022 SpaceX plans to kick off its 2022 launch schedule with a Falcon 9 rocket flight Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the company’s next group of Starlink internet satellites. In a change from previous Starlink...
- SpaceX drone ship heads to sea for first 2022 Falcon launch Teslarati · 2 Jan 2022 SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) departed Port Canaveral on January 1st, heading to sea on the first...
- SpaceX closes out 2021 with $1.85 billion in new funding Teslarati · 31 Dec 2021 On the eve of the last day of 2021, SEC filings show that SpaceX has secured another $337 million, bringing the total...
- SpaceX almost loses Falcon 9 booster at sea Teslarati · 30 Dec 2021 After more than a week at sea, the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster responsible for the company’s 100th successful landing finally returned to...
- SpaceX’s packed 2022 launch manifest ready to blow 2021 out of the water Teslarati · 29 Dec 2021 On the heels of SpaceX’s last launch of 2021, which rounded out a record-breaking year and marked the 100th successful Falcon booster...
- FAA delays completion of Starship environmental review SpaceNews · 28 Dec 2021 The Federal Aviation Administration says it needs at least two more months to complete an environmental review of SpaceX Starship orbital launches from its Boca Chica, Texas, facility.
- SpaceX’s first orbital Starship launch runs into more FAA delays Teslarati · 28 Dec 2021 The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says it’s at least two months behind schedule on an environmental review that must be completed...
- SpaceX continues to break reuse records and reach new milestones in 2021 NASASpaceflight · 28 Dec 2021 Having launched 31 orbital Falcon 9 missions and four suborbital Starship tests, 2021 was the most active year for SpaceX to date. These launches included a number of new reuse records, including flying a booster for the...
- China’s space station maneuvered to avoid Starlink satellites SpaceNews · 28 Dec 2021 China has informed the United Nations that its crewed space station twice maneuvered to avoid potential collisions with SpaceX Starlink satellites earlier this year.
- SpaceX to upgrade Starship with 50% more Raptor engines Teslarati · 28 Dec 2021 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that future Starships – or at least certain Starship variants – are being upgraded with 50% more...
- NASA Artemis delegation tours SpaceX’s Starship factory and launch pad Teslarati · 23 Dec 2021 Thanks to the failure of Blue Origin’s NASA Human Landing System (HLS) lawsuit, SpaceX and the space agency were finally able to...
- Propellant leak forces Sherpa tug off SpaceX rideshare mission SpaceNews · 23 Dec 2021 A Sherpa tug has been removed from an upcoming SpaceX rideshare mission after its propulsion system developed a leak, forcing Spaceflight to find new rides for 10 cubesats.
- SpaceX begins testing first flightworthy Super Heavy booster Teslarati · 22 Dec 2021 More than three months after the building-sized Starship booster’s latest return to Starbase’s orbital launch site, SpaceX has finally begun the process...
- KSC to study potential new Starship launch pad SpaceNews · 22 Dec 2021 NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is starting an environmental review of a proposed new launch facility there that would be used by SpaceX’s Starship launch system.
- Experiments, holiday gifts delivered by SpaceX to International Space Station Spaceflight Now · 22 Dec 2021 A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsuled pulled into port at the International Space Station Wednesday, a day after launch from Florida’s Space Coast with 3.2 tons of experiments, holiday gifts, and two external instruments develo...
- Falcon 9 launches cargo Dragon, lands 100th booster SpaceNews · 21 Dec 2021 SpaceX launched a cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station early Dec. 21 and achieved a milestone for booster landings exactly six years after the first successful landing.
- SpaceX lands 100th Falcon booster Teslarati · 21 Dec 2021 Exactly six years after its first successful recovery, SpaceX has landed a Falcon booster for the 100th time. On December 21st, 2015,...
- Detergent, Skin Bioprinter Launch on NASA’s SpaceX Resupply Mission NASA · 21 Dec 2021 A SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft carrying more than 6,500 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 5:07 a.m. EST Tuesday from NA...
- SpaceX flight sets record for most orbital launches from Space Coast in a year Spaceflight Now · 21 Dec 2021 The liftoff of a SpaceX cargo ship on the way to the International Space Station early Tuesday was the 31st and final orbital launch from Florida’s Space Coast in 2021, setting a new record for the most space missions to...
- NASA, SpaceX set to launch CRS-24 to the International Space Station NASASpaceflight · 20 Dec 2021 NASA and SpaceX are set to launch the Commercial Resupply Services 24 (CRS-24) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday morning aboard a SpaceX Cargo Dragon 2 vehicle. Liftoff is currently scheduled...