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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Jim Martz previously led satellite engineering organizations at SpaceX’s Starshield division and Muon Space.
SpaceX’s second launch attempt has a 90-minute test window opening at 5:30 p.m. CT.
SpaceX plans to try again on Friday, May 22, 2026, with a 90-minute launch window opening at 6:30 p.m. ET.
xAI absorbed around $20 billion of SpaceX’s capital spending last year.
SpaceX is targeting a valuation of about $1.75 trillion in a planned flotation expected to raise roughly $75 billion.
SpaceX’s Starship team was ready for propellant loading on May 22, 2026.
SpaceX had already delayed the Starship V3 launch from its original Wednesday target before canceling the mission.
Humain invested $3 billion into xAI earlier this year before xAI merged into SpaceX in February.
SpaceX’s Starship is executing a banking maneuver that mimics the final approach it would take while returning to Starbase for a catch on a future mission.
SpaceX’s Starship Raptor engines ignite during hot-staging separation.
During a Starship flight test, SpaceX’s onboard display showed an altitude of 145 km and a speed of 26,520 km/h at T+00:38:31.
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund said its holdings in xAI converted into SpaceX equity.
SpaceX’s AI engine consumed 60 percent of its capital spending last year.
SpaceX’s inaugural Starship Version 3 test flight, the 12th Starship flight test, was scrubbed on May 21, 2026.
SpaceX’s satellite arm accounted for more than 60 percent of its sales last year at $11.4 billion.
SpaceX's Starship was on its twelfth flight test on May 22, 2026.
International Holding Company and Alpha Dhabi Holding invested in SpaceX in 2022.
Jeff Thornburg is a former SpaceX engineer who helped develop the Merlin engine program.
SpaceX’s Starship lifted off during a flight test.
SpaceX has spent months improving the latest Starship configuration and aims to raise up to $75 billion for its development.