SpaceX raised $850 million at $419.99 per share last week through an equity funding round that took its valuation to $74 billion from the $46 billion market value after an August fundraising effort, CNBC reported Tuesday. The report said Elon Musk’s space venture secured nearly $2 billion from its funding …
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SpaceX to Deploy NASA’s Lunar Outpost Propulsion, Crew Modules Under $332M Contract
NASA has awarded SpaceX a potential $331.8 million contract to launch a solar electric propulsion spacecraft and a crew module using the Falcon Heavy rocket for the agency's mission to land astronauts on the moon in 2024. SpaceX will aim to deploy the lunar Gateway's Power and Propulsion Element along with the Habitation and Logistics Outpost by May 2024 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency said Wednesday.
Read More »SpaceX to Deploy NASA’s Lunar Outpost Propulsion, Crew Modules Under $332M Contract
NASA has awarded SpaceX a potential $331.8 million contract to launch a solar electric propulsion spacecraft and a crew module using the Falcon Heavy rocket for the agency's mission to land astronauts on the moon in 2024. SpaceX will aim to deploy the lunar Gateway's Power and Propulsion Element along …
Read More »NASA Taps SpaceX for ‘SPHEREx’ Astrophysics Mission Launch Services
SpaceX has secured a contract to help NASA deploy spacecraft as early as June 2024 for an astrophysics mission that aims to discover more about the universe through observations in near-infrared light. NASA said Friday it expects to spend $98.8 million on launch services for the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer mission or SPHEREx.
Read More »SDA Upholds Tracking Layer Tranche 0 Contract Awards to L3Harris, SpaceX
The Space Development Agency upheld its decision to award contracts to L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and SpaceX to build missile tracking satellites for the proposed National Defense Space Architecture following the reevaluation of bids for the contracts, C4ISRNET reported Thursday.
Read More »SpaceX Lands $150M SDA Contract to Launch Satellites for ‘Tranche 0′ Missile-Tracking Layer
SpaceX has secured a potential $150.5M contract to deploy satellites to low-Earth orbit in support of the Space Development Agency's plan to establish a space defense layer for tracking ballistic missiles.
Read More »NASA, SpaceX Launch First Operational Crewed Mission to ISS
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying four astronauts aboard spacecraft lifted off Sunday evening as part of the company's first operational mission to the International Space Station under a partnership with NASA, TechCrunch reported Monday.
Read More »SpaceX Receives USSF Task Orders for Non-Nat’l Security Space Mission Support
SpaceX has received task orders worth $29M combined from the U.S. Space Force to perform fleet surveillance work and early integration studies on non-national security space operations.
Read More »L3Harris, SpaceX Book $343M in Contracts to Build Missile-Tracking Satellites for Defense Architecture
The Space Development Agency has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and SpaceX firm-fixed-price contracts worth $342.8M combined to each provide four satellites that will comprise the “tracking layer” of a proposed space defense architecture.
Read More »SpaceX to Help Launch NASA’s Heliosphere Exploration Spacecraft Under $109M Contract
SpaceX will provide launch services under a potential $109.4M contract for a NASA-funded mission that seeks to further study the heliosphere’s boundary that produces a magnetic barrier protecting the solar system. NASA said Saturday its Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe mission will examine the neutral particles that pass through the barrier and study how particles become faster in space.
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