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 manufactures and launches its own rockets for Starlink.
Starship Block II has significantly higher thrust and payload capacity than SpaceX’s original Starship prototypes.
SpaceX projects Falcon 9 will conduct over 150 missions in 2026.
SpaceX plans to use Starship for the second-generation Starlink constellation and for large Department of Defense orbital assets.
Jared Isaacman told U.S. House lawmakers that SpaceX’s Starship and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon are confirmed to be ready by the end of 2027.
SpaceX and Blue Origin use commercial off-the-shelf components and automotive-grade integrated circuits in space.
SpaceX launched Sweden's new military satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California last week.
SpaceX deployed 24 Starlink satellites.
Before co-founding The Radiation Team, Merek Chertkow held radiation engineering leadership roles at SpaceX and Blue Origin.
Planet Labs PBC launched three high-resolution Earth-imaging satellites to orbit on a SpaceX CAS500-2 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Merek Chertkow developed qualification strategies at SpaceX and Blue Origin that were adopted across multiple flight programs and approved by NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and The Aerospace Corporation.
Artemis III will involve Orion rendezvousing in space with SpaceX and Blue Origin commercial landers.
Space Systems Command confirmed that 11 other companies received Space-Based Interceptor contracts, including Northrop Grumman, SpaceX, and Anduril Industries.
SpaceX and Amazon supported the FCC’s satellite spectrum-sharing overhaul.
Edge Aerospace launched its first demonstration mission on SpaceX’s Transporter-16 rideshare mission in March.
SpaceX’s Starcloud orbital data center plan proposes up to 1 million satellites.
Blue Origin previously filed objections against SpaceX’s Starcloud orbital data center plan.
Planet Labs PBC launched three additional high-resolution Pelican satellites aboard a SpaceX rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX uses Merlin Vacuum and Raptor Vacuum engines internally and does not offer them to third-party integrators.
SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper, and Eutelsat’s OneWeb network are among the low Earth orbit broadband constellations cited as having deployed hundreds to thousands of satellites.