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 completed 165 orbital launches in 2025.
SpaceX launched 85% of all satellites in 2025.
Starlink missions accounted for 74% of SpaceX’s 2025 launches.
Trackers showed that 122 of SpaceX’s 2025 launches were Starlink missions.
SpaceX’s Transporter 16 mission carried 120 satellites, including one from the Spanish company Fossa Systems.
Amazon Leo plans to launch its constellation with Arianespace, Blue Origin, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance.
Hydra Space Systems plans its next launch in less than three months on SpaceX’s Transporter-17 mission in June.
NASA and ESA disclosed in December 2022 that Sentinel-6B would launch on Falcon 9 for approximately $94 million, around €90 million at December 2022 exchange rates.
SpinnyOne launched on SpaceX’s Transporter 16 mission on 30 March.
Portal Space Systems launched its Mini-Nova payload on SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission to test systems for future spacecraft.
SpaceX may also have interest in acquiring Globalstar.
Alba Orbital coordinated SpaceX’s Transporter 16 mission carrying SpinnyOne.
SpaceX launched 165 Falcon 9 missions in 2025, and 122 of them were dedicated Starlink launches.
Mach33 is also invested in SpaceX and Stoke Space.
Portal Space Systems plans to launch its first Starburst spacecraft on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission in the fourth quarter of this year.
Northrop Grumman's S.S. Steven R. Nagel cargo spacecraft was integrated inside a SpaceX payload fairing for Cygnus NG-24.
Portal Space Systems was a customer on Momentus’ Vigoride 7 vehicle, which launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission.
On January 12, 2026, the FCC granted SpaceX a partial waiver of the Equivalent Power Flux Density rules for its second-generation satellites.
Five companies—Rocket Lab, Stoke Space, Blue Origin, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance—are eligible to compete for U.S. government national security missions.
SpaceX has made modernization of the satellite spectrum-sharing rules a primary lobbying objective for Starlink.