UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

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                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): FEBRUARY 15, 2006

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                                 SPACEDEV, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


         COLORADO                     000-28947                84-1374613
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)      (IRS Employer
   of Incorporation)                                       Identification No.)

                 13855 STOWE DRIVE, POWAY, CALIFORNIA     92064
             (Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

       Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (858) 375-2030

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ITEM  8.01  OTHER  EVENTS.

On  February  15, 2006, the SEC declared effective our registration statement on
Form SB-2 (File No. 333-131778), Amendment No. 1, which we filed with the SEC on
February  14,  2005. We filed this registration statement to register the resale
of  shares  of  common  stock issued pursuant to a securities purchase agreement
entered into in October 2005 with an accredited investor, and shares that may be
issued  upon  exercise of warrants granted in connection with that financing. In
addition, the registration statement included shares of common stock that may be
issued  upon conversion or redemption of shares of our Series D Preferred Stock,
which  were  issued  pursuant to a securities purchase agreement entered into in
January 2006 with selected accredited investors, shares of common stock that may
be  issued  as  dividends  on  the  Series  D  Preferred  Stock  or otherwise in
connection  with the terms applicable to the Series D Preferred Stock and shares
of  common  stock  that  may  be issued upon the exercise of warrants granted in
connection  with  that financing. Our company will not receive any proceeds from
sales of common stock by the selling stockholders, but may receive proceeds upon
the  exercise  of  warrants  held  by  the  selling  stockholders.



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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has  duly  caused  this  report  to  be  signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.

                                    SPACEDEV,  INC.

Date:  February  15,  2006      By:  /s/  RICHARD  B.  SLANSKY
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                                    Richard  B.  Slansky
                                    President  &  Chief  Financial  Officer