An automated data-sharing system co-developed by SpaceX and American radio astronomers promises to protect radio telescopes around the world from disruptive interference from satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO).

But in the early hours of Sunday, SpaceX is also preparing to launch its 33rd commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) using its trusty Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft. The Dragon will be filled with more than 5,000 pounds of supplies for the crew aboard the ISS, which orbits around 250 miles above Earth.

In 2023, he made headlines when Elon Musk’s SpaceX hired him at just 14 years old, a “rare company,” Quazi said at the time, that didn’t use his age as an “arbitrary and outdated proxy for maturity and ability.”

The USSF-36 mission is currently set for 11:50 p.m. Aug. 21 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Brevard County, according to SpaceX’s website. A backup launch opportunity will be available at 11:50 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, the website states.

SpaceX sent another batch of its Starlink broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit today (Aug. 18), atop a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has accused Elon Musk's SpaceX of benefiting from billions in U.S. government contracts while paying little to no federal taxes. Warren Accuses Musk Of Dodging Taxes On Monday,

Elon Musk’s rocket company relies on federal contracts, but years of losses have most likely let it avoid paying federal income taxes, according to internal company documents.

The crew returned to Earth on August 9th after spending nearly five months aboard the orbiting laboratory.