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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The acquisition frames an intent to unite SpaceX’s spatial capabilities with advanced artificial intelligence development.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 is targeted to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida no earlier than Feb. 11.
Viasat and Globalstar opposed SpaceX's Starlink expansion due to concerns about orbital clutter and spectrum interference.
Amazon booked its first three Falcon 9 launches with SpaceX in December 2023 to place prototype satellites into orbit.
The January 9, 2026 FCC authorization enables SpaceX to deliver high‑speed, low‑latency broadband and direct‑to‑device cellular service worldwide.
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will guide itself to a docking with the International Space Station once on orbit.
MasOrange will trial Starlink Direct-to-Cell under a new agreement with SpaceX.
The Federal Communications Commission granted SpaceX an authorization on January 9, 2026 to expand its second‑generation Starlink constellation to 15,000 satellites.
The four Crew 12 astronauts will travel to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launched by a Falcon 9 rocket.
Andrei Fedyaev is set to become the first cosmonaut to fly on the U.S. commercial SpaceX Dragon spacecraft twice.
The acquisition is presented as a structural step to strengthen SpaceX’s direct control over technologies considered strategic for future space and terrestrial systems.
SpaceX filed with the US Federal Communications Commission for regulatory approval to launch a constellation of up to one million satellites intended to support orbital, solar-powered data centres.
SpaceX acquired Elon Musk’s AI venture xAI.
SpaceX’s FCC filing states the proposed satellites would operate between 500 km and 2,000 km altitude and at inclinations between 30 degrees and Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) inclinations.
SpaceX previously requested permission for up to 42,000 Starlink satellites before rolling out the network.
NASA requested acceleration approaches from both Blue Origin and SpaceX for speeding up lunar landings as part of Human Landing System contract oversight.
SpaceX's FCC filing did not specify the cost of the proposed constellation or a launch and deployment schedule.
SpaceX’s FCC filing projects that launching 1 million tonnes per year of satellites could generate 100 kilowatts of compute power per tonne, which SpaceX estimates would yield 100 gigawatts of AI compute capacity annually.
The commercial plan for the combined SpaceX–xAI venture depends entirely on the flight rate of Starship.
SpaceX proposed using the Ka band on the satellites primarily as a backup for telemetry, tracking, and command.