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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Starship is the foundation of SpaceX’s Human Landing System for future Artemis missions to the lunar surface.
SpaceX’s Starlink network uses larger V3 satellites that Starship is intended to carry.
SpaceX is ramping up production of new engines and V3 vehicles.
SpaceX says the V3 Starship’s payload increased from 35 metric tons to 100 metric tons.
Flight 13 may be the first Starship upper-stage catch attempt using SpaceX’s chopsticks.
Lite Coms' CART mini KU can support OneWeb or SpaceX LEO networks, as well as GEO and LTE networks.
Amazon’s satellite constellation is intended to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink global broadband network.
SpaceX removed external plumbing from the Raptor V3 engine and integrated it into the engine itself.
Arianespace’s revenue decline reflects the retirement of Ariane 5, the delay in Ariane 6’s introduction, the rise of SpaceX as the dominant commercial launch provider, and repeated failures of the Vega-C rocket.
SpaceX and Amazon supported the FCC’s EPFD rule change.
SpaceX received an EPFD waiver on January 9, 2026 that is valid for 18 to 24 months.
The FCC’s new framework will codify the structure under which SpaceX and Amazon Kuiper have been operating since January.
SpaceX launched the Viasat-3 F3 mission to orbit on Falcon Heavy from Florida on April 29, 2026.
SpaceX’s EPFD waiver allows the company to exceed existing EPFD power limits while the FCC rulemaking proceeds.
SpaceX began lowering the orbital altitude of approximately 4,400 Starlink satellites on January 1, 2026.
SpaceX launched the final ViaSat-3 satellite on a Falcon Heavy mission from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The FCC instead granted waivers to SpaceX and Amazon Kuiper and is now codifying the framework that retroactively legitimizes those waivers.
By the time of the FCC vote on April 30, 2026, SpaceX will have been operating under relaxed EPFD limits for nearly four months.
SpaceX landed both Falcon Heavy side boosters after liftoff.
The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $57.3 million firm-fixed-price contract to develop and demonstrate the Link-182 Space-to-Space Communications System.