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's IPO roadshow was expected in June 2026.
Artemis III will give NASA opportunities to interact with SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System pathfinder and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 2 pathfinder.
SpaceX filed an FCC application in January 2026 for up to one million orbital data center satellites.
SpaceX's confidential SEC filing targeted a valuation of $1.75 trillion to over $2 trillion and a capital raise of approximately $75 billion.
SpaceX's February 2026 all-stock acquisition of xAI closed at a combined entity valuation of $1.25 trillion.
SpaceX will be subject to performance obligations requiring intensive use of the spectrum and delivery of meaningful public connectivity within years of the approval.
SpaceX has completed ten additional suborbital Starship missions since the April 2023 debut flight.
SpaceX’s previous Starship missions used the V1 or V2 variants.
The FCC approved EchoStar’s sale of roughly 65 megahertz of spectrum to SpaceX and 50 megahertz to AT&T.
Bloomberg reported a projected SpaceX IPO valuation of approximately $1.75 trillion.
The projected SpaceX listing date was around June 2026.
D-Orbit launched its 18th and 19th ION missions aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 in June 2025.
SpaceX planned a Falcon 9 launch of Dragon’s 34th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station on May 13, 2026.
SpaceX filed confidentially for an initial public offering with the SEC in April 2026.
The 12 companies receiving U.S. Space Force Space Based Interceptor OTA agreements include Anduril, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, SpaceX, and True Anomaly.
SpaceX monitored weather that was 10% favorable for liftoff at 6:50 p.m. ET.
Project Bromo aims to create a European champion able to compete with SpaceX and major Chinese space companies.
NRO, the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command, and SpaceX launched NROL-172 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The FCC approved SpaceX’s acquisition of approximately 65 megahertz of mid-band spectrum from EchoStar Corporation on May 12, 2026.
NASA attributed the slip in Artemis III from an early 2027 target to developmental delays with SpaceX’s Starship HLS and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers.