SpaceX
Reusable Falcon rockets and Starship
- Founded
- 2002
- Headquarters
- Starbase, Texas
Overview
SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corp.) is an American aerospace company founded by Elon Musk in 2002, with the goal of reducing the cost of spaceflight and ultimately enabling the colonization of Mars. Once headquartered in Hawthorne, California, the company is now headquartered at Starbase, near Brownsville, Texas.
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches its own rockets and spacecraft. Its workhorse Falcon 9 and heavy-lift Falcon Heavy are partially reusable orbital launch vehicles, while the Dragon capsule carries cargo and crew to the International Space Station. The company is also developing Starship, a fully reusable super-heavy launch system intended for deep-space missions.
As of 2026 SpaceX remains the world's most active launch provider, flying Falcon 9 at a high cadence to deploy its Starlink satellite constellation and customer payloads while continuing integrated flight tests of Starship from Starbase. It pioneered orbital-class rocket reusability and the first crewed orbital flight by a private company.
Timeline
- 2002
Company founded
Elon Musk incorporates Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) in March 2002 to lower the cost of access to space.
- Sep 2008
First orbital launch
Falcon 1 Flight 4 reaches orbit, making SpaceX the first privately funded company to put a liquid-fueled rocket into orbit.
- May 2012
Dragon reaches the ISS
A Dragon capsule becomes the first commercial spacecraft to berth with the International Space Station.
- Dec 2015
First booster landing
A Falcon 9 first stage returns and lands at Cape Canaveral, the first-ever vertical landing of an orbital-class rocket.
- May 2020
First crewed Dragon flight
Crew Dragon Demo-2 carries NASA astronauts to the ISS, the first crewed orbital launch by a private company.
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Free new dish for all early Starlink customers
Sawyer Merritt@SawyerMerrittNov 3Starlink is formally rolling out free dish upgrades for its earliest customers. “Eligible customers who were among the first to connect with Starlink, and who are still using a first-generation kit can receive a new Standard kit at no cost. Customers will be provided with a free mount, and they can opt in for free installation. If you are eligible for this upgrade, you will receive an invitation by email.” More info: starlink.com/support/articl…

Qualcomm’s technology is excellent
Cristiano R. Amon@cristianoamonNov 4SpaceX selected Qualcomm Dragonwing to accelerate @Starlink Mobile’s nationwide terrestrial 5G network. Together with @elonmusk and the @SpaceX team, we’re excited to build world-leading cellular infrastructure and a path to AI-native 6G. 🤜🤛 x.com/Qualcomm/statu…

Starlink grows customers for airlines
DogeDesigner@cb_dogeNov 3BREAKING: Starlink helped Japan’s ZIPAIR grow passenger revenue 12.3% YoY. Japan Airlines (JAL) says @Starlink improved ZIPAIR’s onboard experience and helped drive revenue growth alongside flexible pricing. ZIPAIR became Asia’s first airline with Starlink across its entire fleet in May. April–September passenger revenue reached ¥42.9 billion, while seat occupancy jumped from 73.7% to 87.8%.

Starlink saves lives
DogeDesigner@cb_dogeNov 3Starlink helped save FIVE lives in the Atlantic. ♥️ Their boat, Karolina Viking, was filling with water. Its power systems were failing. Rescuers couldn’t reach them by radio or satellite phone. The sailors shared their location with rescuers through Starlink, helping another yacht find them. All five were rescued from their liferaft and brought safely aboard. Starlink helped turn a desperate situation into five lives saved. This is what a lifeline from space looks like.

Starlink saves lives
DogeDesigner@cb_dogeNov 2Starlink helped save a woman stranded in Colorado’s freezing mountains. A 37-year-old hiker was trapped in deep snow, unable to walk and suffering from cold injuries. With no mobile phone signal, rescuers used Starlink to stay connected to their coordinator throughout the night. She was rescued by helicopter and flown to hospital the next morning. A lifeline from space helped rescuers bring her to safety.

Starlink saves lives
DogeDesigner@cb_dogeNov 1Starlink became a lifeline for rescuers in England. A walker fell down a steep bank into a hornet’s nest near Wetheral. The rescue team had no mobile signal where they were training. Starlink in their control vehicle got the emergency call through. Rescuers reached the walker, used ropes to lift them up the bank on a stretcher, and carried them to an ambulance. This is the life-saving power of Starlink. Keeping rescuers connected means people in danger can get the help they urgently need.

Starlink saves lives
DogeDesigner@cb_dogeOct 31Starlink helped save a sailor’s life far off New Zealand’s coast. A sailor became seriously ill and needed urgent medical help. Starlink connected the skipper with a doctor, who guided him through an emergency surgery while a rescue helicopter was on its way. Rescuers lifted him from the boat and flew him to hospital. He survived and later thanked the rescue crew. Starlink is a life-saving technology, bringing expert medical help within reach even far out at sea.

Congrats to the @SpaceX team on over 700 Falcon 9 flights!
X Freeze@XFreezeOct 31SpaceX has now crossed 700 Falcon 9 launches 700 missions flown by a single rocket family, at a scale and pace that have completely transformed modern spaceflight Starlink 15-16 marked the 700th mission on October 27, with Starlink 15-18 following as the 701st on October 31 Since its first flight in 2010, Falcon 9 has revolutionized space transportation through reusable rocket technology What once took years now happens every few days SpaceX has turned launching and landing rockets into routine spaceflight And that's an absolutely extraordinary engineering achievement

Falcon 9 launches 27 @Starlink satellites from California

Deployment of 27 @Starlink satellites confirmed

Standard practice
Starlink@StarlinkOct 28Starlink Mobile is providing free connectivity to @orange_es and @Telefonica customers affected by the devastating train collision in Spain. Families, communities, and businesses with compatible LTE phones can stay connected via apps and texts even when cell towers are down 🛰️📱

Ship 42 static fires complete. The Starship preparing for Flight 15 performed a full duration, six-engine static fire, and fired a single Raptor engine to simulate a deorbit burn

Starlink
DogeDesigner@cb_dogeOct 27When @Starlink became a lifeline for a mother and her baby in rural Colombia. Karina, 24, was facing a high-risk pregnancy after previously losing a baby. Reaching town from her remote community could take two days on horseback. A visiting doctor brought a portable Starlink terminal and an ultrasound machine. Through Starlink, a specialist hundreds of kilometres away watched the scan live, guided the examination and identified the need for an immediate hospital transfer. Karina reached the hospital in time. Her baby was born safely, and she had no complications. Starlink brought specialist medical guidance into a home far from the city and helped a mother get urgent care. This is why Starlink matters. It connects people to help when lives are at stake. This lifesaving technology should be available in every part of the world.

10k Starship launches/year is just from Starbase Louisiana
Robin@xdNiBoROct 27In a comment to the FAA, SpaceX says it wants to launch 10,000 times per year. The FAA asked for input on where to build new spaceports and how to give rocket launches priority in US airspace. They're preparing for 10,000 launches a year by 2035. SpaceX replied that rockets aren't the bottleneck anymore, the FAA's outdated air traffic processes are. They created their own airspace tool (Cleared) that most major US airlines already get for free. They also noted that Starbase Louisiana is designed for ~30 launches and reentries PER DAY (!!)

Starlink Brasil 🇧🇷
Starlink@StarlinkOct 26Starlink Mobile is now live in Brazil with @vivobr! 50M customers can use apps and messaging in cellular dead zones — with 7M phones already connected. This is the first nationwide service to cover the entire country. The next-gen service - Starlink Mobile V2 - will make sure all Brazilians have access to high-speed mobile internet, from small fishing villages deep in the rainforests to remote stretches of highways 🛰️📱

Falcon 9 launches 27 @Starlink satellites from California

Deployment of 27 @Starlink satellites confirmed

Try using @Starlink for your home or business
DogeDesigner@cb_dogeOct 2650 airlines and counting. 🚀 There’s no stopping @Starlink

Starlink coming to EasyJet
Sawyer Merritt@SawyerMerrittOct 26easyJet has just announced that it will be installing SpaceX's @Starlink on its fleet. Installations will start in first half of 2027 across the airline’s modern A320, A320neo and A321neo fleet, with the rollout expected to be completed by early 2028. "easyJet’s investment in onboard connectivity is a key step in further enhancing the experience for 100 million passengers who already choose to fly with the airline each year." easyJet CEO Kenton Jarvis: “Innovation is in easyJet’s DNA and partnering with SpaceX to bring Starlink’s high-speed internet connectivity onboard for the first time will not only further enhance the experience we provide millions of customers, but means we are offering more of the options both business and leisure travellers want when they choose who they fly with. Giving customers the opportunity to get online in the air will mean even greater choice and convenience when you fly with easyJet."

Starship Flight 15 static fire
SpaceX@SpaceXOct 25Full duration 33-engine static fire for the Super Heavy booster preparing for Flight 15

Full duration 33-engine static fire for the Super Heavy booster preparing for Flight 15

Try @Starlink for awesome Internet everywhere!
Philip Powers@PhilipPowrsOct 24@GuntherEagleman @grok I just set up @Starlink in 15 minutes. Literally laid it in my backyard. Saying goodbye to the scrappy Spectrum service feels so good!

Starlink in Bolivia! ❤️🇧🇴
Fireside Alpha@firesidealphaOct 24Bolivian President says Starlink will make information “open to everyone,” with a connection even “in the deepest ravine,” as 4,700 antennas go to schools nationwide Rodrigo Paz (President): “…it’s the same kind of network we are building through this system of Starlink antennas, to create a network of information and communication and to decentralize the power that some hold when only a few keep the information. Now information will be open to everyone.” “It’s more than 4,000 antennas, 4,700 antennas if I’m not mistaken, nationwide for every department, but especially for rural municipalities, because you don’t only need a road to communicate, you need information to make decisions...” "...It doesn't matter where in the country you are, in the deepest ravine, you'll have a connection there. It's not one satellite, it's many satellites, thousands of satellites that are going to serve Bolivia."

Correct. Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be. Starshield, a different system, is controlled by the US government. What they decide to do is up to them. Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week. Starlink remains critical to the defense of Ukraine, as it is the only system that cannot be jammed or blown up, at least for now. Were Starlink to be turned off, the Ukrainian front line would collapse immediately. This is NOT a threat, it is simply a statement of fact. Starlink was also crucial to preventing Russia from overrunning Ukraine in the early days of the war, as all other means of communication were destroyed or jammed by Russia. SpaceX has done more to defend Ukraine than any private company on Earth BY FAR. That said, I have nothing but UTTER CONTEMPT for the virtue-signaling evil warmongers who push for endless slaughter and offer no realistic solution to the conflict. May you burn in hell. End of story.
varifrank@varifrankOct 24STARLINK WORKS THE SAME WAY ITS ALWAYS WORKED. ITS NOT A WEAPONS SYSTEM, NO MATTER HOW MUCH UKRAINE WANTS IT TO BE. x.com/CNBC/status/21…

Another 27 Starlink satellites
SpaceX@SpaceXOct 24Falcon 9 launches 27 @Starlink satellites from California

Falcon 9 launches 27 @Starlink satellites from California

Deployment of 27 @Starlink satellites confirmed

Due to unfavorable weather, we are standing down from today's @Starlink launch. Next opportunity is no earlier than Friday, October 23

Due to unfavorable weather, we are standing down from today's Starlink launch. Next opportunity is Friday, October 23 at 2:30 p.m. PT

Starlink moves the needle
DogeDesigner@cb_dogeOct 21BREAKING: United CEO says customers are switching from other airlines because of @Starlink “We already see customers moving from other airlines today” United will cross 50% of flights with Starlink this week and expects to finish its full fleet rollout by the end of next year.

Congrats SpaceX team!
SpaceX@SpaceXOct 20Q3 2026 highlights: - Delivered revenue of $14.6 billion, up 161% year-over-year - Successfully launched our first revenue-generating Starship mission, delivering 26 Starlink V3 satellites to our broadband constellation, representing approximately 10x the downlink capacity added by a Falcon 9 Starlink launch - Added $6.7 billion of incremental Super Intelligence solutions and infrastructure revenue year-over-year, driven by cloud services agreements, the acquisition of Cursor, and our growing SI models and software applications, including @Grok @Bot - Delivered year-over-year revenue growth of 69% and income from operations growth of 99% for the Connectivity segment, supported by strong momentum in enterprise and government adoption, and continued @Starlink consumer subscriber growth - Continued to scale nameplate compute, reaching 1.7 GW as of September 30, 2026

Q3 2026 highlights: - Delivered revenue of $14.6 billion, up 161% year-over-year - Successfully launched our first revenue-generating Starship mission, delivering 26 Starlink V3 satellites to our broadband constellation, representing approximately 10x the downlink capacity added by a Falcon 9 Starlink launch - Added $6.7 billion of incremental Super Intelligence solutions and infrastructure revenue year-over-year, driven by cloud services agreements, the acquisition of Cursor, and our growing SI models and software applications, including @Grok @Bot - Delivered year-over-year revenue growth of 69% and income from operations growth of 99% for the Connectivity segment, supported by strong momentum in enterprise and government adoption, and continued @Starlink consumer subscriber growth - Continued to scale nameplate compute, reaching 1.7 GW as of September 30, 2026

Our Q3 2026 earnings report is now public → ir.spacex.com/files/content_… The live webcast with @ElonMusk, @Gwynne_Shotwell, and @BretWJ will begin in 30 minutes
SpaceX@SpaceXOct 20Watch live as SpaceX discusses our Q3 2026 earnings at 3:30pm CT today → x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Falcon 9 launches the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission to orbit from Florida

Payload deployment sequence is complete

Rideshare deployment sequence has started

Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship

Liftoff!

Starfall enables affordable, routine access to a microgravity environment, providing unique opportunities for on-orbit manufacturing, scientific research, and testing

T-45 minutes until today’s Falcon 9 launch of the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from pad 40 in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 7:04 a.m. ET, and weather is 95% favorable

Now targeting no earlier than Tuesday, October 20 for Falcon 9’s launch of the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Florida due to unfavorable recovery weather conditions → spacex.com/launches/bandw…

Starlink 💫 ❤️
DogeDesigner@cb_dogeOct 18Starlink became a lifeline when a sailor suffered a stroke with no mobile signal. ♥️ Elliot Russo was aboard his yacht in a remote Indonesian lagoon, when he lost movement on one side and struggled to speak. There was no mobile coverage. Their Starlink connection let them contact an emergency medical team, share their location and reach people who helped arrange a rescue. A boat arrived with medics and took Elliot to hospital. He survived and later recovered. This is why Starlink matters. It helps save lives. This life-saving technology should be available in every part of the world.

Starlink helps rural communities all around the world
X Freeze@XFreezeOct 17Starlink is helping connect healthcare facilities in Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 Four health centres in Morobe Province have received Starlink kits, with three already installed, giving healthcare workers reliable internet for communication, medical research and patient care And this is just the beginning Morobe is proposing to expand Starlink to 54 health facilities, while the wider pilot covers all 22 provinces This is where Starlink makes a real difference, bringing reliable connectivity and better access to healthcare in remote communities where traditional networks struggle to reach

Teams encapsulated 32 payloads ahead of Falcon 9’s launch of the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Florida → spacex.com/launches/bandw…

Our Q&A platform for investors to submit questions ahead of our Q3 2026 earnings webcast is now open. Use this portal to submit your questions → questiontime.ir.spacex.com/e/spacex-q3-20…

Our Q&A platform for investors to submit questions ahead of our Q3 2026 earnings webcast is now open → askfloor.spacex-staging.workers.dev/e/spacex-q3-20…

We will post our Q3 2026 financial and operational results on October 20, 2026. We will host a live audio-only webcast at 3:30 p.m. CT the same day → ir.spacex.com/updates/releas…

Falcon 9 launches USSF-481 to orbit from pad 4E in California

Go for launch 🚀
Tesla@TeslaOct 15Roadster event livestream x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Falcon 9’s first stage lands on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship
Upcoming launches
USSF-432
Nov 7, 2026, 12:46 AM
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
USSF-627
Nov 10, 2026, 3:03 AM
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
USSF-317
Nov 13, 2026, 4:23 AM
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25
Nov 29, 2026, 3:49 PM
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
OneWeb 21
Nov 30, 2026, 12:00 AM
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 15-21
Nov 30, 2026, 12:00 AM
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Recent launches
Starlink Group 15-18
Oct 31, 2026, 4:04 AM
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 15-16
Oct 27, 2026, 7:25 AM
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 15-15
Oct 23, 2026, 10:48 PM
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Oct 20, 2026, 11:04 AM
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
USSF-481
Oct 16, 2026, 12:01 AM
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35
Oct 13, 2026, 10:33 AM
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Block 5
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA




