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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The FCC approved the transfer of EchoStar’s US-issued 2GHz licences to SpaceX.
The Starlink 10-53 mission will expand SpaceX’s Starlink megaconstellation, which already exceeds 10,000 operational satellites.
EchoStar completed a significant portion of the spectrum transfer to a business trust associated with SpaceX.
SpaceX plans to land Falcon 9 booster B1085 on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas about eight and a half minutes after liftoff.
SpaceX confirmed the deployment of 24 Starlink satellites on May 30, 2026.
NASA’s prime contractor network for the Moon Base program includes Aerojet Rocketdyne, Axiom Space, Bechtel, Blue Origin, Boeing, Amentum, Jacobs, Lockheed Martin, Maxar Space Systems, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX.
SpaceX launched HydroGNSS on a Falcon 9 rocket in November 2025.
Amazon Leo has used United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, SpaceX, and Blue Origin as launch providers.
The remaining eight IRIDE satellites will be shipped to SpaceX in two weeks for an October launch.
The combined market capitalization of Amazon and the private valuation of SpaceX were estimated to exceed $4.6 trillion in May 2026.
Jason Trembley estimated that SpaceX and Amazon have a combined market value of around $3 trillion, which exceeds Canada’s GDP of roughly $2.5 trillion.
NASA’s partnership with SpaceX has helped maintain the United States’ presence in space.
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule has supported commercial Polaris and Axiom missions carrying private astronauts.
SpaceX is pivoting toward space-based data centers and has merged with xAI.
SpaceX returned the two Starliner pilots to Earth on a Crew Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX has launched and returned more than 30 cargo flights and over a dozen crew flights for NASA.
Joshua Kutryk is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon no earlier than September 12, 2026.
As SpaceX Mission Director for Dragon, Dr. Marco Villa oversaw the first commercial spacecraft to reach the International Space Station.
Exolaunch has signed a contract with SpaceX for two Falcon 9 launches.
NASA may procure SpaceX’s Starship and Blue Origin’s New Glenn 9x4 for repeated Artemis missions.