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 the Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Twilight mission on January 11, 2026.
SpaceX launched the first Twilight rideshare mission on January 11, 2026.
SpaceX will launch the Twilight rideshare mission to dusk-dawn orbit using Falcon 9.
SpaceX announced the completion of the rideshare deployment sequence on January 11, 2026.
SpaceX is fueling its Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
NASA and SpaceX announced the scheduled departure and return of the Crew Dragon spacecraft (Crew-11) with astronaut Koichi Wakata from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth.
Under the SDA-2 missions, SpaceX is to launch 18 of SDA’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellites by L3Harris Technologies and eight Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter satellites by Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems.
The NROL-105 launch will be another Starshield launch.
SSC awarded the SDA-2 missions to SpaceX for launches projected to begin in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026.
SpaceX's Twilight Mission will carry dozens of satellites including two CubeSats sponsored by NASA.
SpaceX confirmed the landing of Falcon 9 on January 11, 2026.
Pandora deployed from SpaceX's second stage.
SpaceX received $739 million in new task orders for Phase 3, Lane 1 of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC).
SpaceX launched the first Twilight rideshare mission carrying 40 payloads.
SDA-3 calls for SpaceX to launch 18 Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellites by Lockheed Martin.
SSC awarded the NTO-5 launches to SpaceX, projected to occur in the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2027 and 2028, respectively.
SpaceX launched a batch of Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites for the Space Development Agency (SDA) on October 15, 2025.
SpaceX conducted the Twilight mission launch using Falcon 9 on January 11, 2026.
NASA and SpaceX target Crew-11's undocking from the International Space Station no earlier than 5pm ET on January 14, 2026.
The returning crew arrived at the orbital laboratory via SpaceX in August for a minimum six-month stay.