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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Elon Musk said SpaceX is self-funding over 90% of Starship development costs.
Momentus Space launched the Vigoride 7 Orbital Service Vehicle to low-Earth orbit aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission.
Spire Global launched ten satellites aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on March 30, 2026.
The SpaceX-xAI merger increased SpaceX’s private-market valuation to more than $1.25 trillion before the public offering.
SpaceX could list on Nasdaq as early as June 2026.
SpaceX has confidentially filed for its initial public offering.
Varda launched the W-6 vehicle on SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission as the company’s sixth mission overall and its first launch of 2026.
SpaceX is developing the Starship program, the Terafab chip factory for AI hardware, and permanent infrastructure for NASA Artemis lunar missions.
SpaceX has filed for an IPO.
SpaceX is reportedly aiming to raise as much as $75 billion through its initial public offering.
SpaceX is widely reported as the frontrunner for the custody satellite layer of Golden Dome.
SpaceX’s initial public offering is expected to target a valuation of approximately $1.75 trillion.
SpaceX’s Starlink Group 10-58 mission is scheduled for Thu Apr 2, 2026 at 07:52 EDT on a Falcon 9 Block 5 launch from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral SFS in Florida, USA.
CanarySat flew a small demonstrator for propulsion technology on SpaceX’s Transporter-16 rideshare mission.
SpaceX submitted a confidential draft registration for an initial public offering to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2026.
A SpaceX IPO could be valued at $1.75 trillion.
SpaceX launched 24 satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper on July 16, 2025.
SpaceX may allocate up to 30 percent of its initial public offering shares to individual investors.
In February, SpaceX acquired Elon Musk’s AI venture xAI to advance plans for an orbital data center constellation.
Unseenlabs deployed its BRO-19 satellite aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission on March 30, 2026.