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 applied for permission to launch one million additional satellites into orbit.
MTN is an authorized provider of SpaceX government satellite connectivity services.
Telesat contracted 14 launches on SpaceX Falcon 9, with each Falcon 9 launch carrying roughly 15 of Telesat’s 800-kilogram-class satellites.
SpaceX acquired xAI as part of its broader interest in orbital AI data centers.
SpinLaunch completed antenna and payload testing milestones for its Meridian Space satellites and is preparing to launch the first satellite on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 ride-share mission.
Amazon, Google, Nvidia, and SpaceX have committed to early trials of orbital data centers.
SpaceX’s orbital data center plans raise major questions about heat dissipation, large-structure assembly and maintenance, and sustainability for very large constellations.
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth last March on a SpaceX Crew Dragon after an eight-day test flight that turned into an eight-month expedition.
SpaceX envisions building a Moonbase and a self-growing city within ten years intended to power lunar factories and enable orbital AI data centers.
SpaceX’s Starlink architecture operates with sub-five-year satellite lifespans built into its business model.
SpaceX plans a network of 1 million orbital data centers slated to launch in the next two to three years.
SpaceX Dragon Endeavour was docked to the port adjacent to Boeing’s Starliner on July 3, 2024.
SpaceX and founder Elon Musk shifted SpaceX’s strategic emphasis from Mars to the Moon after more than two decades of prioritizing Mars.
Blue Origin was selected in April 2025 as the third provider for NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 missions alongside SpaceX and United Launch Alliance.
SpaceX's deployment of 25 Starlink satellites was confirmed on February 21, 2026.
SpaceX and Amazon have captured the launch and LEO broadband markets.
Max Space’s expandable habitat flight unit is scheduled to launch in Q1 2027 as part of a SpaceX mission.
SpaceX plans to use an upgraded version of its Starlink satellites to host AI computing payloads.
Aetherflux’s satellite design emphasizes larger satellites with more GPUs per satellite and fewer satellites per constellation compared with SpaceX’s Starlink approach.
The two astronauts originally on Starliner’s Crew Flight Test transferred to a SpaceX Crew Dragon in March 2025.