Wider SpaceX Coverage

SpaceX in the News

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 August 11, 2026 · 312 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.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB (opens Spaceflight Now in a new tab)

The Starlink 17-49 mission will be the 73rd mission flying SpaceX’s broadband internet satellites to orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled during a window that opens...

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.

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SpaceX increasing footprint in missile defense (opens SpaceNews in a new tab)

With multibillion-dollar awards for satellite networks, sensing and launch services, SpaceX is leveraging its vertically integrated manufacturing model to win a share of the Pentagon's missile...

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.

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SpaceX launches Tuesday noontime Starlink mission following Monday scrub (opens Spaceflight Now in a new tab)

The Starlink 10-19 mission was set to be SpaceX’s 72nd flight of its broadband internet satellites this year. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 11:58 a.m. EDT...

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.

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SpaceX serious about building factories on the moon: 'It’s going to happen,' Elon Musk says (opens Space.com in a new tab)

SpaceX plans to build factories on the moon, using robots to do much of the heavy lifting, Elon Musk said on Tuesday (Aug. 4) during SpaceX's first-ever quarterly earnings call.

Anything beyond Earth orbit is where Starship is actually aimed: the point of a fully reusable heavy-lift vehicle is cargo to the Moon and eventually Mars.

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SpaceX launches 3 AST SpaceMobile BlueBird satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral (opens Spaceflight Now in a new tab)

The BlueBird 11-13 mission was the third time SpaceX flew satellites to orbit supporting AST SpaceMobile’s direct-to-device constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station...

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.

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SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon after drifting off course (opens ValleyCentral in a new tab)

A discarded SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon late Tuesday night after drifting through space for more than a year, leaving behind what scientists believe is a fresh impact crater and a plume of...

Anything beyond Earth orbit is where Starship is actually aimed: the point of a fully reusable heavy-lift vehicle is cargo to the Moon and eventually Mars.

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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB (opens Spaceflight Now in a new tab)

The Starlink 17-53 mission is the 90th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 10:05 a.m. PDT (1:05 p.m. EDT / 1705 UTC).

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.

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SpaceX’s new Starfall program offers validation and competition for reentry startups (opens SpaceNews in a new tab)

Demand for microgravity research and manufacturing is brewing, perhaps literally. When SpaceX launched the first test flight of Starfall, its commercial reentry capsule, on June 23, the company did

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.

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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB (opens Spaceflight Now in a new tab)

The Starlink 17-52 mission is SpaceX’s 90th orbital launch of the year so far. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 8:08 p.m. PDT (11:08 p.m. EDT / 0308 UTC).

Vandenberg is the California launch site SpaceX uses for polar and sun-synchronous orbits, the trajectories Florida cannot reach safely.

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SpaceX scores another massive Pentagon deal to support military satellites (opens Teslarati in a new tab)

SpaceX just picked up another $1.6 billion from the Pentagon, with the U.S. Space Force awarding two task orders worth $1.6 billion to fly 18 Falcon 9 missions from Vandenberg Space Force Base in...

Vandenberg is the California launch site SpaceX uses for polar and sun-synchronous orbits, the trajectories Florida cannot reach safely.

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SpaceX launches classified payload for National Reconnaissance Office (opens Spaceflight Now in a new tab)

The NROL-95 mission was the third payload for the National Reconnaissance Office launched under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 procurement. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space...

SpaceX flies from two Florida pads, SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at Kennedy. Neither is Starbase, though a Starship pad at 39A is in work.

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SpaceX launches secret US spy satellite from Florida (opens Space.com in a new tab)

SpaceX launched a secret reconnaissance mission for the U.S. government early on Thursday morning, July 30, 2026 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

SpaceX flies from two Florida pads, SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at Kennedy. Neither is Starbase, though a Starship pad at 39A is in work.

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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit in wake of Starship test flight (video) (opens Space.com in a new tab)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, July 25, 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.

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Does insurance cover damage from SpaceX rocket launches, sonic booms, or ground shaking? Here’s what we know (opens RGV Business Journal in a new tab)

Property damage by SpaceX rocket testing and launch sonic boom may not be covered by homeowners or commercial insurance for businesses.

Launches and booster returns put a sonic boom over the lower Rio Grande Valley, which is why Brownsville and Port Isabel residents often feel a flight they cannot see.

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SpaceX's Starship megarocket makes the 'softest splashdown' ever after launching next-gen Starlink satellites in Flight 13 test (video) (opens Space.com in a new tab)

SpaceX launched Starship, the world's most powerful rocket, on a critical 13th test flight on July 24, a stunning test flight that notched big success and ended with a huge surprise.

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.

About This Stream

What counts as SpaceX news here?
Everything SpaceX does outside the Starbase campaign: Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches, Starlink, Dragon crew and cargo flights, national security and commercial contracts, and the pads in Florida and California. Starship stories live in the Starbase stream instead.
Are these your articles?
No. Each headline links to the outlet that reported it, and the summary shown is the outlet's own. The note under some entries is ours, written from our Starbase flight and closure records.
How far back does this go?
About six months. This stream currently holds 312 stories across 7 pages, and older items roll off as new coverage comes in.