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 operates more than 10,280 working satellites and had over 10.4 million customers globally as of March 2026.
SpaceX reported $1.13 billion in adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ended March 31.
President Donald Trump led a U.S. state visit to China from May 13 to 15 with executives including Elon Musk of SpaceX and Jensen Huang of Nvidia.
SpaceX posted an annual loss from operations of $2.59 billion in 2025.
SpaceX is exploring international locations to build new launch pads for Starship.
SpaceX is using Starship Flight 12 to demonstrate new architectural elements in flight for the first time to support full and rapid reusability development.
SpaceX needs more launch sites to support its goal of thousands of annual Starship flights.
SpaceX reported adjusted EBITDA of $6.58 billion in 2025.
The SpaceX Human Landing System contract had increased by 6 percent in the March 2026 report.
SpaceX moved Starship and Super Heavy V3 to the pad at Starbase for final testing and launch preparations.
NASA and SpaceX remain in disagreement over whether SpaceX meets the manual control requirement for astronauts to override automated systems during lunar descent.
SpaceX will launch Starship V3 from Pad 2 at Starbase.
SpaceX is preparing the first Starship V3 launch.
Amazon, Eutelsat, Iridium Communications, and SpaceX signed Version 3.0 of "Orbital Safety Best Practices for Satellite Operators."
SpaceX and Blue Origin are each under contract with NASA to design, build, and own their respective Human Landing System landers.
Planet Labs launched three Pelican satellites on SpaceX’s CAS500-2 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 3 May 2026.
The EuroSuit prototype was transported to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on 15 May.
NASA revised Artemis 3 into a low Earth orbit test of lunar landers by Blue Origin and/or SpaceX.
PeakSat and ERMIS-3 reached low Earth orbit on March 30, 2026 as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-16 rideshare campaign.
Jared Isaacman said Blue Origin and SpaceX responded to NASA's request for a late 2027 rendezvous, docking, and lander interoperability test for Artemis 3.