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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Starcloud launched its first spacecraft, Starcloud-1, on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission in November.
SpaceX used a Falcon 9 rocket to launch Fossa Systems’ FossaSat-2E nanosatellite.
Hydra Space Systems’ SpinnyONE satellite flew on SpaceX’s Transporter 16 mission.
Starlink Group 10-44 is a SpaceX Starlink satellite batch.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 landing was confirmed.
AAC Clyde Space has flown technology on every SpaceX Transporter mission to date.
Fossa Systems launched its FossaSat-2E nanosatellite on SpaceX’s Transporter 16 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX and Blue Origin are developing next-generation spacecraft, rovers, and drones to support an American Moon base.
SpaceX has orbited over 1,600 payloads through its rideshare program.
Transporter-16 is SpaceX's third-largest rideshare mission.
Amazon Leo contracted 13 emergency launches from SpaceX.
SpaceX was the sole commenter opposing Amazon Leo’s FCC milestone extension request.
Amazon says it has contracted more than 100 launches for Amazon Leo, including 92 launches from United Launch Alliance, ArianeGroup, and Blue Origin, plus additional Falcon 9 flights purchased from SpaceX in early 2026.
SpaceX’s waiver includes a kill-switch clause requiring Starlink Gen2 operations to cease if harmful interference is proven.
NASA plans to make Artemis 3 an Earth-orbiting tech demonstration of a human landing system by Blue Origin or SpaceX.
The Department of National Defence has awarded a $32 million contract for Surveillance of Space 2, a ground-based optical system to detect, track, and monitor objects in Earth orbit.
SpaceX and Axiom are among the companies currently doing orbital flight.
The SpaceX IPO is expected later this year and could value SpaceX at more than $1.5 trillion.
SpaceX invoked the FCC’s Teledesic framework in its opposition to Amazon Leo’s extension request.
K2 Space was founded in 2022 by Karan Kunjur and Neel Kunjur, who are former SpaceX engineers.