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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Arkadia’s DARK propulsion system flew aboard a D-Orbit mission launched on a SpaceX rocket in 2025.
Jessica Watkins is flying to the International Space Station for a second time on SpaceX Crew-13.
Iridium NTN Direct is intended to complement direct-to-device services from SpaceX, AST SpaceMobile, and Amazon Leo.
SpaceX was the first company approved under the FCC's supplemental coverage from space framework for its service with T-Mobile.
During Artemis III, the crew will fly the Orion spacecraft and test docking with one or both commercial lunar landers built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.
Terra Nova is scheduled to fly on a SpaceX Transporter mission later in 2026.
SpaceX confirmed deployment of GPS III-8.
Blue Origin became the second company after SpaceX to achieve a vertical landing of an orbital booster.
SpaceX’s Starship tanker manifest has no formal NASA priority framework.
The FCC Space Bureau formally accepted SpaceX’s application for up to one million satellites.
SpaceX launched the final GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force on April 21 at 2:53 a.m. ET on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX’s Pad 39A is becoming a primarily Falcon Heavy and Starship launch pad.
SpaceX Starlink, Amazon Kuiper, and Eutelsat OneWeb are deploying large low earth orbit constellations to extend low-latency broadband to remote populations.
SpaceX completed 146 Starlink missions in a single year by late 2025.
SpaceX had deployed over 8,000 active Starlink satellites by late 2025.
The FCC grant includes interference-protection conditions similar to those in recent licenses granted to SpaceX for Starlink direct-to-cell service.
SpaceX filed an FCC application seeking authorization to launch up to one million satellites for an orbital data center system.
SpaceX has retargeted the GPS III-8 mission launch to 21 April 2026.
SpaceX was targeting Tuesday, April 21, for the U.S. Space Force's GPS III-8 mission because of unfavorable recovery weather.
Rosalind Franklin is a deep-space mission for SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy.