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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Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile network operator, is offering direct-to-cell services for its customers by working with SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.
On November 20, 2025, SpaceX announced the start of testing operations for Booster 18, the first prototype of the new Super Heavy V3 generation.
Blue Origin is the second company in history, after SpaceX, to recover the first stage of an orbital launch rocket.
SpaceX's testing aims to verify the performance of the redesigned propellant management system, including static tests, progressive pressurizations, and cryogenic valve checks.
'ARAQYS-D3' will demonstrate the manufacturing of a 2-kilowatt solar array in space and is expected to be launched in the first quarter of 2027 on a SpaceX rideshare mission.
Dcubed announced the ARAQYS-D3 mission, which is scheduled for launch in Q1 2027 aboard a SpaceX Rideshare mission.
The New Glenn 9×4 is expected to be able to launch payloads similar to SpaceX’s Starship.
SpaceX will collect data on the structural integrity of Super Heavy V3, analyzing deformations, vibrations, and dynamic stress.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink small satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The evolution to Super Heavy V3 is a strategic move for SpaceX in preparation for future lunar and Mars missions.
Blue Origin successfully landed the first stage booster of New Glenn on its second-ever mission, making it the second company, after SpaceX, to land an orbital booster during an operational flight.
Blue Origin will need to increase its launch frequency and reduce the time between launches to compete with SpaceX.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch a batch of 29 smallsats to join the Starlink mega-constellation.
New Glenn is taller and more powerful than SpaceX's Falcon Heavy and can carry a greater amount of payload to orbit.
SpaceX is on pace for between 165 and 170 launches in 2025.
SpaceX's Block 3 is expected to begin flight testing in 2026 and includes increased propellant capacity and a NASA-standard docking system.
SpaceX plans to execute orbital ship-to-ship propellant transfer, which has never been conducted in space with cryogenic fuels on this scale.
In September, EchoStar entered a definitive agreement with SpaceX to sell AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses for approximately $17 billion USD.
Spire Global, Inc. has shipped nine satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California prior to their launch aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Twilight mission.
SpaceX is developing an orbital propellant transfer demonstration under a NASA contract with a suggested timeframe of mid-2026.