Wider SpaceX Coverage
SpaceX coverage from the past six months that reaches beyond Starbase: Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, Starlink, Dragon, and the pads at Cape Canaveral, Kennedy, and Vandenberg. Headlines link straight to the outlet that reported them. Where a story leans on a program or vehicle that takes explaining, we explain it.
Updated November 11, 2026 · 399 stories
SpaceX runs several programs at once, and the names blur together fast. Falcon 9 is the workhorse rocket that flies most weeks from Florida and California. Starlink is the satellite internet constellation those rockets mostly carry. Dragon is the capsule that flies cargo and crew to the International Space Station. Starship, the vehicle built and flown at Starbase, is the one meant to eventually replace Falcon. Stories about all of them land here; the Starbase-specific ones have their own stream.
The Space Development Agency awarded SpaceX a nearly $10 million contract to examines Plaser integration with missile-warning and tracking systems
Military launch contracts are the steadiest money in the business, awarded in blocks years ahead, and they are a large part of what funds development work like Starship.
The FCC accepted SpaceX's bid for Grain's 800 MHz spectrum, opening review for Starlink Mobile.
Starlink is SpaceX's satellite internet constellation. It is the payload on most Falcon 9 launches, which is why those flights come in such steady batches.
SpaceX officially launched the Starlink Mini 2 on November 10, delivering the first portable Starlink terminal designed around independent power. Invitation-only preorders for select U.S. customers...
Starlink is SpaceX's satellite internet constellation. It is the payload on most Falcon 9 launches, which is why those flights come in such steady batches.
Since the project began, the road to SpaceX has gotten busier, and the master-planned development is taking shape, with a hotel in the works.
Starbase is wedged between a state park and a national wildlife refuge, so SpaceX expanding its footprint there means land swaps and beach access fights, not just construction.
Elon Musk says SpaceX's Anthropic compute deal cuts both ways after Chamath floats higher prices.
Elon Musk spotlighted how Starlink helped rescuers reach five people stranded in Kazakhstan's snowy mountains.
Starlink is SpaceX's satellite internet constellation. It is the payload on most Falcon 9 launches, which is why those flights come in such steady batches.
Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 4:48 p.m. PST (7:48 p.m. EST / 0048 UTC). The mission is thought to be carrying satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield platform.
Falcon 9 is the workhorse: a partly reusable two-stage rocket that flies most weeks from Florida and California, and the vehicle Starship is eventually meant to replace.
Perhaps the biggest topic of discussion in the space industry in the last few months involves the future of the Falcon 9. That discourse has evolved from SpaceX ending its popular rideshare launch...
Falcon 9 is the workhorse: a partly reusable two-stage rocket that flies most weeks from Florida and California, and the vehicle Starship is eventually meant to replace.
The company will integrate multiple satellite providers into military data network as SpaceX develops initial backbone
Military launch contracts are the steadiest money in the business, awarded in blocks years ahead, and they are a large part of what funds development work like Starship.
How to watch "Musk", the new documentary about the World's richest man and CEO of X, SpaceX and Tesla. Cheapest options, where to watch in US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond.
SpaceX launched a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force from California this evening (Nov. 6). It was the company's 125th liftoff of 2026.
Military launch contracts are the steadiest money in the business, awarded in blocks years ahead, and they are a large part of what funds development work like Starship.
On the evening of October 15, a Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg carrying a classified payload for the Space Force. The booster, B1081, came back to the droneship on...
Falcon 9 is the workhorse: a partly reusable two-stage rocket that flies most weeks from Florida and California, and the vehicle Starship is eventually meant to replace.
The question is what happens when SpaceX no longer wants to operate the launch business in quite the same way.
With Democrats winning control of Congress in the midterm elections, the space community is pondering how the new Congress will take on issues ranging from NASA budgets to SpaceX.
Tesla and SpaceX shares fell on Wednesday after Democrats swept both chambers of Congress. The decline stood out as broader market securities recovered and turned positive, while both of Musk's...
Financial coverage of SpaceX matters here for one reason: launch and Starlink revenue is what pays for the Starship program being tested at Starbase.
SpaceX has selected Qualcomm Technologies to supply core infrastructure for Starlink Mobile’s planned nationwide terrestrial 5G network in the United States. Announced on November 4, the multi-year...
SpaceX now pitches Starfall missions with 1,000 kg payloads, weeks of microgravity, and Starlink connectivity.
The tide could be turning for Amazon’s multibillion-dollar bet on mostly new rockets to roll out the first major competitor to Starlink, SpaceX’s colossal broadband network with more than 11,000...
Eight launches are expected this week, from launch sites in the United States, China, New...
SpaceX is building and operating two satellite networks at the moment, Starlink and Starshield. What’s the difference between the two, and who uses them?
Classified launches fly with the payload details withheld and the webcast usually cut after the first stage separates, so coverage of them is thin by design.
Elon Musk says SpaceX capex efficiency is underestimated as orbital data centers loom by 2028.
SpaceX sent another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from California just after midnight on Halloween (Oct. 31).
The Starlink 15-18 mission will add another 27 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to SpaceX’s megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 9:02 p.m. PDT...
Vandenberg is the California launch site SpaceX uses for polar and sun-synchronous orbits, the trajectories Florida cannot reach safely.
In eight days, SpaceX completed all engine testing for Flight 15, some cryo-proof and catch...
Ground testing at Starbase runs in a set order: cryogenic pressure tests first, then a static fire where the engines light while the vehicle stays clamped down.
Gwynne Shotwell's 2 million SpaceX shares are headed to children's Trump Accounts starting this December.
Financial coverage of SpaceX matters here for one reason: launch and Starlink revenue is what pays for the Starship program being tested at Starbase.
In this episode, Mike Gruss speaks with Laura Crabtree, the CEO of Epsilon3, who is also a former SpaceX astronaut trainer. They talk about ways that space companies can organize
Crew and cargo runs to the International Space Station are the flights with people or perishable science aboard, which is why their schedules slip far less than test flights do.
The U.S. Air Force has recovered experimental cargo launched aboard SpaceX's mysterious Starfall capsule, marking a step forward in the effort to assess the viability of rapid, point-to-point...
Starship test flights currently end with a controlled splashdown at sea rather than a landing, so recovery means fishing hardware or debris out of the water afterward.
The FCC advanced plans opening 482 MHz to satellite phone service, boosting SpaceX’s Starlink Mobile.
– Two demonstration missions planned aboard SpaceX Falcon 9, one each in 2027 and 2028 – Satoro to provide “Satellite-as-a-service” solution; Flexell Space to supply solar cells and test modules
Military bet on commercial rockets faces new uncertainty as SpaceX shifts focus
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile want 290 MHz cut from an FCC satellite plan before Thursday.
Tesla's next generation Roadster was spotted at SpaceX's Hawthorne headquarters, two weeks after its unveiling.
SpaceX launched 27 more Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit overnight (Oct. 27), aboard a Falcon 9 rocket that lifted off from California in the wee hours of darkness.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said that SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet is its leading competitive advantage in the U.S. airline industry. However, in recent comments, while he described the...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appealed a Travis County court order issued Monday, which required his office not block State Rep. Gina Hinojosa from seeing emails between the governor and SpaceX CEO Elon...
Liftoff of the Starlink 15-16 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E is currently scheduled for 10:46 p.m. PDT (1:46 a.m. EDT / 0546 UTC).
The recovery allows researchers to examine equipment that was exposed to the stresses of launch and atmospheric reentry.
Starship test flights currently end with a controlled splashdown at sea rather than a landing, so recovery means fishing hardware or debris out of the water afterward.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 26, 2026, Today, Astranis announced it has upgraded its 4th launch to a dedicated mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to launch in 2028, allowing it
Four rockets are set to launch this week from the United States and India. SpaceX...
As SpaceX prepares to fly Flight 15 in November, with a successful Static Fire test...
Ground testing at Starbase runs in a set order: cryogenic pressure tests first, then a static fire where the engines light while the vehicle stays clamped down.
Three GPS launches, an SDA mission and two higher-energy missions moved from Vulcan to SpaceX rockets. ULA will receive later SpaceX payloads in return.
Falcon Heavy is three Falcon 9 first stages strapped together, used for the heaviest payloads SpaceX flies. It launches rarely, a few times a year at most.
SpaceX and Rocket Lab missions bring the company's constellation to 39 satellites as it expands a business model built around multiyear customer commitments
Competitor coverage is worth watching because SpaceX's launch cadence is the benchmark everyone else is measured against, and pressure on it shapes pricing.
SpaceX sent 27 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Oct. 23), in its first Starlink launch in 11 days.
Finnish companies Iceye and Nokia are proposing a military communications system that Kyiv could own and control
The experiment measured conditions inside the spacecraft as the Pentagon explores using commercial rockets and reentry vehicles to deliver supplies worldwide
Surviving reentry is the hard part of reusing the upper stage: it comes back through plasma hot enough to strip the ceramic tiles that protect the hull.
NASA has updated the timeline for its Artemis III mission and mapped out the expected progress for SpaceX and Blue Origin's respective moon landers.
NASA picked a version of Starship as the lander for Artemis, its program to put astronauts back on the Moon, which is part of why the Starbase test campaign draws so much attention.
Wall Street analysts rapidly raised price targets on SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) after the company reported a bullish third quarter for 2026 following the market close on October 20. Shares were sent...
Financial coverage of SpaceX matters here for one reason: launch and Starlink revenue is what pays for the Starship program being tested at Starbase.
Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled during a window that opens at 2:59 p.m. PDT (5:59 p.m. EDT / 2159 UTC) on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
Vandenberg is the California launch site SpaceX uses for polar and sun-synchronous orbits, the trajectories Florida cannot reach safely.
SpaceX launched a rideshare mission Oct. 20 whose payload included the company’s second Starfall reentry vehicle.
Transporter and Bandwagon are SpaceX's rideshare missions: one rocket splitting its payload bay among many small satellites from different customers.
Nine rockets are set to launch this week from California, Florida, New Zealand, Japan, and...