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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Elon Musk's SpaceX operates the Starlink system.
Four investment banks, including Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, are considering a SpaceX IPO this year.
SpaceX completed the encapsulation of the GPS III-9 satellite inside the Falcon 9 fairing on January 22, 2026.
SpaceX has more active satellites in orbit than the rest of the world combined.
SpaceX is targeting January 26, 2026 for the Falcon 9 launch of the U.S. Space Force's GPS III-9 mission.
Pad 40 is one of SpaceX's primary operational sites on the East Coast, utilized for commercial and government missions.
Haven-1 is contracted to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore returned safely to Earth with SpaceX in March 2025.
SpaceX delivered crew transport capability approximately three years before Boeing's Starliner.
NASA entrusted the return of Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore to SpaceX after Boeing's Starliner developed propulsion problems.
SpaceX needs to demonstrate large-scale cryogenic propellant management through multiple tanker flights to support Artemis III.
TeraWave's planned maximum subscriber base is far smaller than the markets targeted by SpaceX Starlink and Amazon Leo.
SpaceX provides all operational crew transport to the ISS as of 2026.
Tomorrow.io flew two satellites on the SpaceX Twilight rideshare mission earlier this month.
Elon Musk leads SpaceX, which developed the Starlink satellite internet system.
SpaceX's teams encapsulated the U.S. Space Force's GPS III-9 satellite into Falcon 9's fairing.
The FCC granted a Supplemental Coverage from Space (SCS) license to SpaceX and T-Mobile on December 16, 2025.
SpaceX Starship will provide significantly more payload volume including a 9-meter fairing when it enters commercial service.
SpaceX Falcon rockets have a 5-meter payload fairing.
SpaceX has converted another Falcon Heavy Center Core, B1099, into a Falcon 9.