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 has secured over 100 launches across United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, SpaceX, and Blue Origin to support the Amazon Leo deployment ramp-up.
Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and ULA have transitioned to Part 450 launch licensing requirements.
Operators that transitioned legacy licenses by the March 9, 2026 deadline include Blue Origin New Shepard, Firefly Aerospace Alpha, SpaceX Falcon 9, SpaceX Falcon Heavy, SpaceX Dragon, Rocket Lab Electron, and United Launch Alliance Atlas and Vulcan.
SpaceX had completed 33 launches in 2026 and deployed more than 700 Starlink satellites after the two missions.
SpaceX's Starlink Group 17-24 mission launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base and deployed 25 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has accepted SpaceX's orbital data center proposal for review but has not approved it yet.
SpaceX's Starlink Group 10-46 mission launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and carried 29 additional satellites for the Starlink Group 10 layer.
SpaceX launched two nearly simultaneous Starlink missions this week from California and Florida on Falcon 9 rockets.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has authorized SpaceX to operate up to 15,000 satellites.
SpaceX Starship is helping drive down launch costs.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched from pad 4E in California.
SpaceX and Starcloud have planned thousands of new compute-heavy satellites.
SpaceX has more than 10,000 Starlink satellites in orbit for the first time after the Starlink Group 17-24 mission.
SpaceX has 1,509 Starlink satellites that have already reentered.
SpaceX has launched 11,529 Starlink satellites so far.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 delivered 25 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.
SpaceX unveiled Stargaze in February 2026 as a constellation-based space situational awareness system.
SpaceX will provide Falcon 9 rockets for the Sicral 3 launch campaign in 2027.
SpaceX’s lunar plans include using the Moonbase and self-growing city to power lunar factories and launch orbital AI data centers.
SpaceX has linked its lunar strategy to plans for a Moonbase and a self-growing city within 10 years.