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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SpaceX ran a closed beta of Stargaze with more than a dozen satellite operators sharing ephemeris data and screening for conjunctions.
SpaceX hopes that providing ephemeris sharing and conjunction screening free of charge will motivate operators to take similar steps toward ephemeris sharing and safe flight.
The ESA study aims to maximize the scientific return from the Falcon 9 reentry event using publicly available data because access to SpaceX confidential information is considered unlikely.
SpaceX is seeking to raise as much as $50 billion at a valuation of roughly $1.5 trillion.
SpaceX's latest priorities require significant investment, prompting Elon Musk to pursue an IPO.
SpaceX is developing Starship, which is described as the largest rocket ever built, for missions to the Moon and Mars.
SpaceX owns the largest satellite constellation through Starlink.
SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 from Florida on January 30, 2026.
The European Space Agency published a tender for a study examining the reentry and breakup of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 upper stage that fell on Polish territory in February 2025.
SpaceX Dragon will be the spacecraft used for the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station.
SpaceX plans a wider rollout in which operators that submit their satellite trajectory predictions to Stargaze will receive conjunction data messages from Stargaze data and ephemeris from other participating operators.
Elon Musk previously opposed an IPO for SpaceX because he had not enjoyed the scrutiny of publicly traded Tesla and feared market pressure for financial returns would conflict with his goal of settling Mars.
SpaceX is planning its IPO for the June 8-9 conjunction of Jupiter and Venus, the first such conjunction in more than three years.
SpaceX has plans to build space-based data centers for artificial intelligence.
As of August 16, 2017, SpaceX manifest entries showed SpaceX #CRS13 targeted for December 17, 2017 and SES-11 targeted later in 2017, likely September or October 2017.
During the 11th flight, SpaceX deployed a mass simulator serving as a dummy for Starlink satellites.
SpaceX is considering a potential merger with Tesla.
As of January 9, 2026, an FCC filing referenced short-duration telemetry and command RF functional checks at the Falcon Heavy Launch Pad SLC-39A and the SpaceX Payload Processing Facility for a Boeing 702MP+ bus with a 2026-03-27 to 2026-09-27 test window.
As of July 27, 2017, SpaceX filed an FCC permit application for a launch with ASDS landing from SLC-40 with mission number 1373 and NET October 14, 2017.
As of September 4, 2017, Kacific selected SpaceX to launch its Boeing-built Kacific-1 satellite on a Falcon 9 in 2019.