Mumbai, December 27: SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk in 2002, is poised for significant advancements in space exploration with several key missions planned for 2025. The company has achieved numerous milestones in reusable rocket technology and human spaceflight.
The first major event is the Starship Flight 7, scheduled for January 11, 2025, from the Starbase facility in South Texas. This mission will focus on measuring the thermal imagery of Starship's re-entry.
Following this, the WISeSat satellite will launch on January 14, 2025, from Vandenberg Space Base, California. This mission aims to enhance secure digital identity solutions.
In March 2025, SpaceX will deploy two Starship vehicles into low Earth orbit, conducting propeller transfers and re-entry maneuvers, essential for future deep space missions.
NASA's SPHEREx astrophysics observatory, designed to collect data on 450 million galaxies and over 100 million stars, will launch around February 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Additionally, the PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission will also launch in February 2025, aiming to study solar wind dynamics using four satellites.
The Transporter 12 mission, a rideshare initiative to deploy microsatellites and nanosatellites, is set for January 2025. The Falcon 9 rocket will place these payloads in a sun-synchronous orbit.
The SpaceX Crew-10 mission, scheduled for February 2025, will transport four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for scientific investigations and technology demonstrations.
Finally, the Intuitive Machines (IM-2) lunar lander mission, targeting the Moon's South Pole to analyze sub-surface materials, will launch in January 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.
These missions underscore SpaceX's commitment to advancing space exploration and its ongoing partnership with NASA.