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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Amazon stated that SpaceX deployed Amazon satellites at an altitude of 460 kilometres over three separate Falcon 9 missions in 2025.
SpaceX operates its Starlink constellation at about 550 kilometres in altitude.
A SpaceX filing alleged that Amazon and Arianespace violated the approved orbital debris mitigation plan and licence conditions by deploying Amazon Leo satellites 50 to 90 kilometres higher than the authorised 400 kilometres.
On 1 April, SpaceX filed a complaint with the FCC accusing Amazon and Arianespace of deploying 32 satellites into a higher orbit than authorised during a February Ariane 64 launch.
Amazon said it had taken SpaceX’s concerns seriously and had offered a solution that SpaceX declined.
Starlink 10-58 was launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 rocket from SLC-40.
SpaceX launched HawkEye 360 Cluster 14.
SpaceX launched the Transporter-16 mission on a Falcon 9 rocket hours after the Starlink-34343 anomaly.
Wayfinder was launched aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission as the 22nd commercial mission for D-Orbit’s ION orbital transfer vehicle.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch two new national security missions for the U.S. Space Force and Semper Citius SDA.
Bright Ascension’s VIREON 1 and VIREON 2 Earth observation satellites launched on SpaceX’s Transporter 16 mission on 30 March.
Amazon Leo is responding to SpaceX Starlink allegations about the safety of Amazon’s orbit-insertion altitude at the Federal Communications Commission.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SpaceX said the debris from the Starlink-34343 anomaly does not threaten the International Space Station or the upcoming Artemis 2 launch.
SpaceX's Starlink-34343 satellite experienced an anomaly in orbit on March 29, 2026, and lost all communications.
SpaceX confirmed the deployment of 29 Starlink satellites.
SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites on April 2, 2026.
SpaceX’s Starlink Group 17-35 mission is scheduled for Thu Apr 2, 2026 at 19:03 EDT on a Falcon 9 Block 5 launch from SLC-4E at Vandenberg SFB in California, USA.
SpaceX established initial commercial pricing for Starship in March 2026.
SpaceX completed a ship-to-ship propellant transfer demonstration in mid-March 2026.