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 hopes to begin operational flights by the end of 2026.
NASA returned Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon after an extended stay on the International Space Station.
SpaceX updated Starship hardware and software to improve engine relight reliability after Flight 12 in May.
The Canada Rocket Company employs an engineering team with experience from SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Rocket Lab.
SpaceX is using Starlink as an operational support system for Starship development.
SpaceX will launch 20 Starlink V3 satellites on Starship in a test mission.
NASA returned Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon after their extended stay on the International Space Station.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster has now performed 600 launches with reused boosters.
Starship Flight 13 will mark the operational debut of SpaceX's Starlink V3 satellite infrastructure.
SpaceX’s IPO gave the company a market valuation near $350 billion on its first day of trading.
SpaceX priced its initial public offering at roughly $135 per share and raised more than $10 billion.
Eärendil-1 is manifested to launch later in 2026 on a SpaceX rideshare mission.
SpaceX and Amazon.com Inc. are driving rapid network expansion in the space-based direct-to-device segment.
NASA will need to buy at least three additional crew flights from SpaceX or Boeing to keep the International Space Station staffed through its planned retirement in 2030.
SpaceX plans a constellation of up to one million satellites to operate enormous orbital data centres.
SpaceX is testing Starship as a super heavy lift launch vehicle.
EchoStar finalized a $17 billion transaction with SpaceX in late 2025.
The KISS 24 flight was OCCAM Space’s first deployment on a SpaceX rideshare vehicle.
EchoStar canceled its plans to construct an independent low Earth orbit direct-to-device network after the SpaceX agreement.
SpaceX deployed 29 Starlink satellites on July 9, 2026.