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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XDLINX Space Labs’ new facility will support integration of a 190 kg-class satellite scheduled for launch aboard a SpaceX Transporter mission in late 2026.
XDLINX Space Labs is integrating a 190 kg-class satellite with multi-spectral optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar payloads for launch on a SpaceX Transporter mission in late 2026.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on the CAS500-2 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on May 3, 2026.
SpaceX and incumbent GEO operators traded filings over spectrum-sharing rules ahead of WRC-27.
SpaceX confirmed the deployment of 29 Starlink satellites.
The 13 CLPS contractors are Astrobotic Technology, Blue Origin, Ceres Robotics, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, Lockheed Martin Space, Moon Express, Orbit Beyond, Redwire Space Sensors, Sierra Space, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.
SpaceX’s Starlink has shaped near-term demand in the smallsat market.
SpaceX filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission after Amazon’s first Arianespace launch, alleging that the satellites exceeded the authorised target orbit of 400 kilometres in altitude.
SpaceX launched Hydra-2 on January 11 on the Twilight mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX’s Massey Test Site is operational again after repairs.
SpaceX is developing the Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster.
Starship 36 exploded in June last year and caused extensive damage to SpaceX’s Massey Test Site.
SpaceX’s next two Starship tests may occur in Q2 of 2026, although Flight 13 could slip into Q3 of 2026.
Charlie Cox is SpaceX’s Director of Starship Engineering.
SpaceX conducted a full-duration Raptor engine test on April 14.
At WRC-23, Amazon and SpaceX urged the conference to adopt a future agenda item to study and potentially update EPFD limits.
SpaceX engineers scavenged Raptors from Booster 20 to add to Booster 19 after the 10-engine test damaged some engines during emergency shutdown.
SpaceX removed the Raptors’ heat shield to reduce weight.
Flight 13 is expected to be SpaceX’s first serious attempt to place a V3 Starship into sustained orbit for in-space refueling tests.
Jacob McKenzie is SpaceX’s VP of Raptor.