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’s single first stage has flown 32 missions.
SpaceX’s single first stage first launched in December 2021.
SpaceX's market capitalization has fallen by about $1,000 billion from the highs reached after its IPO.
SpaceX’s B1069 first stage first launched in December 2021.
SpaceX’s single first stage has supported 27 Starlink missions.
Short positions in SpaceX have risen to about 30% of the free float.
SpaceX booster B1069 has launched critical supplies and research to the International Space Station.
SpaceX’s B1069 first stage has launched critical supplies and research to the International Space Station.
SpaceX, AST SpaceMobile, Amazon, and Rocket Lab have paid for direct-to-device spectrum rights.
SpaceX confirmed stage separation during the MRV-MEP mission at T+00:02:43.
Exotrail’s spacevan orbital transfer vehicle was deployed on SpaceX’s Transporter-16 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX’s application for a constellation of up to one million orbital data center satellites had generated nearly 1,500 comments by the time of the FCC ruling.
SpaceX has industrialized spacecraft production on automotive lines.
SpaceX launched 21 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The SpaceX launch award is part of a multi-year contract valued at $5.9 billion.
SpaceX demonstrated laser communications capabilities during Fram2 as part of an agreement with NASA.
NASA awarded SpaceX a contract to deliver laser communications capabilities for the Artemis III mission using Starlink.
SpaceX earned human-rating certification in November 2020.
SpaceX launched the Space Development Agency’s third Tranche 1 data transport mission on Falcon 9 to low-Earth orbit.
NASA awarded SpaceX a $2.6 billion Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract in 2014.