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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EchoStar retained a long-term commercial data-sharing agreement with SpaceX after selling its spectrum licenses.
NordSpace said Terra Nova, its dual-use demonstration satellite, will fly on a SpaceX Transporter mission later in 2026.
EchoStar Corporation finalized a $19.6 billion spectrum transaction with SpaceX involving its AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses.
SpaceX priced its offering at $135 per share and reached an initial corporate valuation of $1.77 trillion.
BlackRock made a $5 billion anchor commitment to the SpaceX IPO.
Exolaunch won a launch contract to deliver Tumbleweed’s Oasis Alpha satellite aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-17 mission.
SpaceX began trading on the NASDAQ on Friday.
SpaceX was founded in 2002 and remained private for more than 20 years before its Nasdaq listing.
SpaceX recently merged with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI.
Elon Musk will retain 85.1% of SpaceX's corporate voting power after the initial public offering.
SpaceX Dragon will return an eye-imaging device used to monitor astronaut health from the International Space Station.
SpaceX Dragon is scheduled to undock from the Harmony module on 16 June and splash down off the coast of California on 17 June.
SpaceX is deeply associated with Texas and Starbase as an industrial site for commercial space activities.
SpaceX’s Starlink satellites performed 145,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in the six months before July 2025.
SpaceX integrates satellite connectivity, computing capacity, Colossus data centers, and the Grok model in its SpaceX-AI effort.
SpaceX opened trading at $150 per share, 11% above its $135 IPO price.
SpaceX generated $18.67 billion in revenue in its latest fiscal year.
SpaceX filed to list its Class A common stock on Nasdaq and Nasdaq Texas under the symbol SPCX.
Blue Origin and SpaceX are targeting lower-fidelity uncrewed mission demonstrations before carrying crew.
SpaceX Dragon will return from the International Space Station on 16 June with thousands of kilograms of materials, biological samples, and hardware from NASA- and partner-supported research programs.