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 CAS500-2 mission is scheduled for liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday, May 3.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy completed a launch, and both boosters landed 8 minutes later.
SpaceX filed an Orbital Data Center proposal with the FCC that involves up to one million additional satellites.
SpaceX also has a Griffin mission and an NSSL launch planned after the Roman Space Telescope launch.
SpaceX is lowering approximately 4,400 Starlink satellites from 550 km to 298 miles, or 480 km.
SpaceX will perform Link-182 work in Hawthorne, California, and the contract is scheduled for completion by April 30, 2027.
SpaceX’s ViaSat-3 F3 mission was the first Falcon Heavy launch in 562 days.
Kongsberg NanoAvionics is preparing to launch the SNAPPY, QUBE II, and Eycore-1 satellites on SpaceX’s CAS500-2 mission.
SpaceX holds roughly 65 percent of all active satellites worldwide.
SpaceX has more than 10,000 satellites in orbit.
SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launch is the Roman Space Telescope mission, targeted for early September 2026.
SpaceX will launch the Viasat-3 F3 mission from Florida.
SpaceX has delayed the Falcon Heavy launch of the Viasat-3 F3 satellite to Wednesday, April 29.
Cirrus Aircraft introduced the FLEX SR Mount for Starlink to integrate SpaceX’s Starlink Mini terminal into Cirrus SR Series piston aircraft.
T-Mobile has deepened its partnership with SpaceX by launching Super Broadband, a fully managed business broadband service that combines 5G and Starlink.
SpaceX’s Starlink Direct-to-Cell and Iridium’s NTN Direct services are maturing as satellite fallback options for consumer devices.
The Deke Space Communicator launched on March 30, 2026 on SpaceX’s Transporter-16 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission will launch no earlier than mid-September to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition.
Crew-13 is the 13th crew rotation with SpaceX to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Gwynne Shotwell said SpaceX expected Falcon 9 launch cadence to decline to about 140 to 145 launches that year.