SpaceX announces two new bookings for its launch vehicles

SpaceX, founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, designs, manufactures, and launches the world's most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company aims at revolutionizing space transportation and is advancing the boundaries of space technology through its Falcon launch vehicles and Dragon spacecraft. 

The company has recently announced two new orders for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles.  The contracts include launch of a communications satellite for HISPASAT on a Falcon 9 and launch of the Saudi Arabian Arabsat 6A communications satellite on a Falcon Heavy.

"We are pleased to add these additional launches to our manifest," said Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX. "The diversity of our missions and customers represents a strong endorsement of our capabilities and reflects SpaceX’s efforts to provide a breadth of launch services to our growing customer base."

According to Techcrunch, SpaceX raised a fresh $1 billion in January this year. To date, it has raised $1.2 billion.

The said missions are expected to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida between late-2017 and 2018, the press release said.  With these additions, the company has currently has more than 60 missions on manifest representing over $7 billion under contract.