Exolaunch has initiated its launch campaign that will integrate 30 small satellites from the U.S. and Europe aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rideshare mission. The launch is scheduled for no earlier than January 2021. “Through our partnership with SpaceX, Exolaunch has become the bridge for multiple European smallsat developers and others from around the world interested to launch on Falcon 9,“ said Jeanne Medvedeva, vice president of Launch Services at Exolaunch.
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SpaceX Sends Classified NRO Satellite Into Orbit
SpaceX has brought a classified satellite from the National Reconnaissance Office into orbit via the company's Falcon 9 rocket, CBS News reported Saturday.
Read More »SpaceX to Perform 21st ISS Cargo Resupply Mission for NASA
SpaceX is slated to launch an updated Dragon space vehicle aboard the Falcon 9 rocket Dec. 5 to the International Space Station as part of NASA's 21st Commercial Resupply Services mission.
Read More »SpaceX Launches Satellite for Multinational Ocean Observation Effort
SpaceX has sent to space a satellite designed to monitor sea levels across the globe under a U.S.-U.K. partnership. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a mission to collect sea level data, support ship navigation and inform weather forecasts, NASA said Sunday.
Read More »SpaceX to Modernize Vehicle Fleet Into Reusable Systems
SpaceX has announced its intent to update its fleet of space vehicles into reusable platforms by 2022 to support national security missions, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
Read More »SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft Docks to ISS
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station Monday and brought a team of astronauts from NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency aboard the orbiting laboratory.
Read More »NASA Approves SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft for Operational Missions
NASA certified SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft to transport humans to space, following the completion of a flight readiness review. The space agency said Wednesday it signed the Human Rating Certification Plan to approve Crew Dragon and the Falcon 9 rocket for manned transportation.
Read More »NASA Prepares Crew for SpaceX’s First Manned Operational Flight; Jim Bridenstine Quoted
Four astronauts have begun preparing for their upcoming flight aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft as part of SpaceX's first operational manned mission with NASA. “We're transitioning from test flights to operational flights. Make no mistake, every flight is a test flight when it comes to space travel, but it's also true that we need to routinely be able to go to the International Space Station," said Jim Bridenstine, NASA administrator and a past Wash100 winner.
Read More »NASA, SpaceX Eye Nov. 21 Launch for Sentinel-6 Satellite
NASA and SpaceX plan to launch Sentinel-6, an ocean monitoring satellite designed to help researchers explore how climate change affects the Earth's coastlines, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Nov. 21 from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Read More »SpaceX to Resume Delayed GPS Satellite Launch This Week
SpaceX plans to push through with the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a new military GPS satellite after addressing the technical issue that caused liftoff delays, Cnet reported Monday. The company said GPS III Space Vehicle 04's launch can resume on Thursday at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Read More »SpaceX Adds 60 Satellites to Starlink Internet Constellation
SpaceX deployed an additional set of 60 satellites to orbit for the company's Starlink broadband internet service, two days later than originally scheduled in order to ensure mission assurance, NASASpaceflight reported Saturday.
Read More »Gwynne Shotwell: SpaceX’s Starlink to Bring Point-to-Point Connectivity to Microsoft’s Azure
Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX and a three-time Wash100 awardee, discussed in a video interview posted Monday about the company's partnership with Microsoft to bring the Starlink satellite connectivity to the latter's Azure cloud computing platform.
Read More »Report: Number of SpaceX Broadband Satellites Deployed to Orbit Hits 835
The number of Starlink satellites SpaceX has deployed to orbit reached 835 following Sunday's launch of an additional 60 units from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, CBS reported Monday.
Read More »Elon Musk Projects SpaceX’s Starship Trip to Mars; Robert Zubrin Quoted
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, said the company has begun preparations to develop a permanent human settlement on Mars with SpaceX's Starship rocket. Musk has projected that SpaceX's first uncrewed mission to Mars could occur in a minimum of four years. SpaceX's Starship vehicle is a reusable rocket-and-spacecraft combo that is currently under development at the company's South Texas facility.
Read More »SpaceX Studies Feasibility of ‘Weather Data as a Service Business Model’ Under Space Force Contract
SpaceX is studying ways how it could offer weather data to the U.S. military under a potential six-month, $2M contract awarded by the Space Force's Space Missile Systems Center in July, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.
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