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 launched GPS III SV09 (GPS III-9) to orbit on January 28, 2026 using a Falcon 9.
The GPS III SV09 launch was SpaceX’s third accelerated GPS launch following GPS III SV07/RRT-1 and GPS III SV08.
SpaceX launched 96 missions in 2023, more than the rest of the world combined.
The report recommends that Kazakhstan seek partnerships with NASA, SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, and NASA Ames Research Center.
Starbase is the SpaceX industrial and testing site used for development of the Starship program.
Validation of a single heat shield tile is conducted as part of SpaceX’s standardized industrial process.
SpaceX’s Starship had a fully successful test on October 13, 2025.
The passed heat shield tile has been included in the planning for a future SpaceX mission.
Blue Origin became the second company, after SpaceX, to recover a first stage from an orbital launch.
Bill R posted on X that a heat shield tile installed by MrBeast during a visit to SpaceX’s Starbase passed quality checks and is scheduled to fly on a future mission.
Astranis purchased a dedicated Falcon 9 for its Block 3 mission a year before the announcement.
SpaceX plans to launch Starship into orbit after conducting a couple more test flights.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket reached orbit and sent spacecraft on their way to Mars one month after SpaceX’s Starship success.
SpaceX’s development approach for Starship allows components that pass tests to be employed in flight.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch its 10th Falcon 9 rocket of January 2026.
SpaceX launched 25 Starlink satellites from California using the Falcon 9 rocket on January 25, 2026.
SpaceX is completing the build of Pad 1.
SpaceX is close to completing the build of Pad 2.
The Rassvet project aims to provide a domestic alternative to SpaceX’s Starlink for global broadband coverage.
SpaceX conducted Starship tile tests during a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg on January 25, 2026.