SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies Corp., founded in 2002, is an American space technology company and a dominant launch provider. It designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, including the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon spacecraft, and Starship. SpaceX partners with organizations like NASA and the United States Armed Forces and is known for its advancements in reusable launch vehicles, human spaceflight, and satellite constellation technology like Starlink. Key words: launch provider, reusable rockets, space exploration, Starlink, Falcon, Dragon, Starship, NASA.
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Investors are concerned about AST SpaceMobile’s high cash burn and the performance gap between its handful of BlueBird satellites and the thousands being deployed by SpaceX and Amazon.
SpaceX aims to launch up to one million satellites operating as data centers using the Starship rocket and aims to increase launch rates toward one flight per hour carrying 200 tons of payload.
SpaceX Dragon delivered a range of investigations, supplies, and equipment to the station during its Aug. 25, 2025 arrival.
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft arrived at the hangar at Pad 40 ahead of the Crew-12 launch to the International Space Station.
SpaceX teams are reviewing data to determine root cause and corrective actions before returning to flight.
SpaceX has delayed several Starlink missions while investigating the deorbit issue.
SpaceX operates rockets, artificial satellites, and the satellite communications network Starlink as part of its space transport and communications infrastructure.
SpaceX chose an acquisition of xAI rather than an external partnership, reinforcing its existing vertical integration model.
SpaceX's acquisition of EchoStar spectrum provides SpaceX with dedicated Mobile‑Satellite Service spectrum, allowing it to bypass many interference hurdles associated with sharing terrestrial cellular bands.
SpaceX secured a definitive deal worth approximately $19.6 billion in late 2025 for EchoStar's AWS‑3, AWS‑4, and H‑block spectrum licenses.
The combination of SpaceX's spectrum acquisition and Starlink expansion advances a future in which orbital and terrestrial networks function as a single, interoperable fabric for global consumers.
Both SpaceX and xAI have been led by Elon Musk while operating as separate companies prior to the acquisition.
SpaceX has acquired xAI and will integrate xAI into its corporate organization.
CesiumAstro secured eight SpaceX rideshare launches to accelerate on-orbit validation of its first fully integrated satellite.
On February 2, 2026 SpaceX completed the acquisition of xAI, a company active in developing advanced artificial intelligence systems, and published a message about the transaction on X.
SpaceX teams are reviewing data to determine root cause and corrective actions before returning to flight.
NASA opened bids for a planned Moon mission that is the third phase of the Artemis program to compete against SpaceX.
SpaceX plans to address AI computing cost constraints by developing orbital data-center concepts that use satellites and on-orbit infrastructure to harness solar power directly for computing.
Blue Origin aims to compete with SpaceX in the orbital flight market.
Jessica Meir will fly on a SpaceX Dragon for the first time on Crew 12.