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 has used Starlink to provide real-time flight video and telemetry data during Starship flight tests.
SpaceX aborted the 13th Starship test flight during ignition of the rocket’s Raptor engines.
SpaceX’s Starship HLS and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander are among the landers involved in future Artemis missions.
NASA can maintain ISS crew rotations into spring 2029 under the current contract structure using Boeing's four contracted flights and SpaceX's three remaining contracted missions.
The US Space Force awarded SpaceX a block of 28 national security launches in April 2025.
SpaceX competes with Blue Origin for a prominent role in NASA’s return-to-the-Moon effort.
The aborted Starship test flight was postponed after some engines failed to start and SpaceX unloaded methane and liquid oxygen from the rocket.
SpaceX’s vertical integration for Starlink has been credited with helping it meet unit-cost and production-rate targets that traditional aerospace supply chains have struggled to match.
SpaceX targeted liftoff of the Tranche 1 data transport mission for 1:32 p.m. PT on July 16, 2026.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 was vertical at pad 4E in California ahead of the launch of Semper Citius SDA's third Tranche 1 data transport mission.
SpaceX designed the Starlink V3 satellites to increase network capacity and user connection speeds.
SpaceX has modified Starship's hardware and software to address problems from the previous flight.
SpaceX is conducting Starship's 13th flight test.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage B1103-4 was vertical at SLC-4E ahead of the SDA's Tranche 1 Transport Layer-E mission launch later that night at 20:32:27 UTC.
SpaceX was at T-60 seconds and holding for a flight test on July 16, 2026.
SpaceX is preparing to launch the V3 version of Starship from Starbase.
SpaceX is working toward a fully reusable launch system that could support future crewed missions to the Moon.
SpaceX adjusted the engine ignition sequence in Starship to make it more robust against variations in ignition timing.
SpaceX's Starship is scheduled for its 13th flight test later on July 16, 2026 at 22:45 UTC.
SpaceX manufactures Starlink solar arrays and other satellite components in-house at its Redmond, Washington facility.