SpaceX Archive
Older SpaceX coverage from June 2026 to July 2026. Page 2 of 7. Headlines link to the outlet that reported them.
In a striking revelation that underscores the lucrative crossover between Big Tech and space exploration, Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, disclosed a massive $94.1 billion equity stake in...
Financial coverage of SpaceX matters here for one reason: launch and Starlink revenue is what pays for the Starship program being tested at Starbase.
The potential value of the land SpaceX purchased could be worth anywhere between $2.1 million and $2.9 million if sold on the public market again, comparable land sales show.
Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle features the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) payload from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and DARPA. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape...
The Starlink 17-39 mission is SpaceX’s 85th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 7:49 a.m. PDT (10:49 a.m. EDT / 1449 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.
DARPA-backed vehicle will install propulsion pods on three commercial satellites in geostationary orbit
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is set to launch the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV-1) mission from Florida...
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.
Tesla's reason for Starlink integration on Cybercab might surprise you, as the company's Head of AI, Ashok Elluswamy, finally shed some light on the reason they are putting a satellite internet...
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.
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral), Three Brownsville organizations and the Center for Biological Diversity on Monday asked a federal judge to pause the transfer of 727 acres of the Lower Rio Grande...
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.
The Starlink 17-39 mission is SpaceX’s 85th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:49 a.m. PDT (10:49 a.m. EDT / 1449 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.
After last week’s aborted Starship Flight 13 launch, SpaceX is scheduling a new attempt as...
Starship is the fully reusable rocket SpaceX builds and flies at Starbase: the Super Heavy booster plus the Starship upper stage, stacked about 400 feet tall.
While the focus of late has been on Starship's test program, three companies developing new...
Competitor coverage is worth watching because SpaceX's launch cadence is the benchmark everyone else is measured against, and pressure on it shapes pricing.
Elon Musk dismissed reports claiming SpaceX had placed a massive order for NVIDIA GPUs worth $52 billion. The denial came hours after Taiwanese media, citing unnamed industry sources, reported that...
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 a pointed message on X, Elon Musk warned that firms maintaining significant short positions in SpaceX over time face “very low” survival probability. The statement comes amid post-IPO volatility...
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’s IPO marks the moment the space dream became a mainstream capital markets story. For decades, it has sold a vision of interplanetary civilization on behalf of the wider space
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.
With the launch of 21 York Space Systems satellites, the Space Development Agency has now placed half of its planned Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation in orbit
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.
Elon Musk flew under the radar with his recent purchase of a $1 billion energy company, according to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) documents. Transaction number 202612350 listed Tesla and SpaceX...
The Tranche 1 Transporter Layer E (T1TL-E) mission was the third batch of operational satellites launched to support the SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture satellite constellation...
Transporter and Bandwagon are SpaceX's rideshare missions: one rocket splitting its payload bay among many small satellites from different customers.
SpaceX's Starlink has launched its latest residential hardware kit: the V5. Designed for reliable high-speed internet, the new terminal represents a significant leap forward in user equipment. The...
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.
The Starlink 15-14 mission will add another 27 broadband internet satellites to the low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 6:28:17 p.m. PDT...
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.
The Starlink 10-45 mission added another 29 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 5:10 a.m...
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.
The Starlink 17-48 mission added another 24 satellites to the low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 8:01 p.m. PDT (11:01 p.m. EDT / 0301 UTC).
Vandenberg is the California launch site SpaceX uses for polar and sun-synchronous orbits, the trajectories Florida cannot reach safely.
A Japanese startup developing reentry vehicles is signing up customers and preparing for its first mission while keeping a watchful eye on SpaceX’s entry into the market.
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's Roman Space Telescope heads to orbit this August aboard SpaceX's Falcon Heavy with massive scientific ambitions.
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.
For the growing number of constellations being designed around Starship, the wild ups and downs in the early days of SpaceX’s historic IPO have a familiar rhythm. While some of
Starship is the fully reusable rocket SpaceX builds and flies at Starbase: the Super Heavy booster plus the Starship upper stage, stacked about 400 feet tall.
The flight-leading booster, B1067, launched the Starlink 10-42 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff from pad 40 happened at 5:25 a.m. EDT (0925 UTC) on Thursday morning.
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.
Pet technology company Fi launched a dog tracker July 8 that uses T-Mobile’s Starlink-enabled T-Satellite service to remain connected across the United States, even outside the telco’s terrestrial...
Apolink has made contact with its first satellite after launching on SpaceX’s July 7 rideshare mission, clearing the way for a data relay demonstration using a novel experimental license from the...
Transporter and Bandwagon are SpaceX's rideshare missions: one rocket splitting its payload bay among many small satellites from different customers.
SpaceX launched the latest in its Transporter series of rideshare missions July 7 as industry concerns about the program’s future reach what one rival company executive called a panic.
Transporter and Bandwagon are SpaceX's rideshare missions: one rocket splitting its payload bay among many small satellites from different customers.
As the military rushes to deploy proliferated networks, SpaceX’s dominance is attracting congressional scrutiny
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.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral), Thousands of SpaceX employees became millionaires when the company issued its highly-anticipated initial public offering last month – and many of those employees...
SpaceX launched a series of 81 payloads to a Sun-synchronous Earth orbit over a roughly 2.5-hour-long deployment period. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 12:12 a.m. PDT...
Vandenberg is the California launch site SpaceX uses for polar and sun-synchronous orbits, the trajectories Florida cannot reach safely.
Liftoff of the Starlink 10-50 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 6:50 a.m. EDT (1050 UTC). The rocket's first-stage booster carried two semiconductor manufacturing pods for Besxar Space...
The Starlink 17-46 mission flew on the 77th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 7:58 p.m. PDT (10:58 p.m. EDT / 0258 UTC).
Vandenberg is the California launch site SpaceX uses for polar and sun-synchronous orbits, the trajectories Florida cannot reach safely.
When SpaceX publicly listed, the coverage focused on the rockets, the valuation, and the personalities. That’s understandable. But the more important story is what the IPO signals about where the
Wedbush Securities is initiating stock coverage on SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX), marking the first comments on the company since it went public several weeks ago. Wedbush and its analyst handling coverage...
As SpaceX and others pursue the development of very large launch vehicles, a new study suggests that there may be such a thing as a rocket that is too large.
The SXM-11 satellite was built by Intuitive Machines and is more than 230-feet-tall. Liftoff on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 10:25 p.m. EDT...
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.
The Starlink 17-40 mission will add another 24 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 9:09 a.m. PDT...
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.
Former SpaceX engineers who helped build and scale Starlink have launched a startup aiming to deliver megaconstellations for governments and companies seeking more control over space-based...
For years, small satellite manufacturers have built their business plans around the idea that SpaceX could launch their payload to space. Through its Falcon 9 Transporter and Bandwagon rideshare...
Liftoff of the Starlink 17-45 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California occurred at 8:30 p.m. PDT (11:30 p.m. EDT / 0330 UTC).
Amazon and several other non-geostationary satellite operators have formed a trade association to represent their fast-growing market, with SpaceX notably absent despite having by far the largest...
SpaceX launched the first test flight of its Starfall reentry capsule June 23, but the mission remained as secretive as the program itself.
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.
Elon Musk confirmed Starmind as SpaceX's AI satellite constellation name, targeting one million orbital compute nodes.
Less than two weeks after its blockbuster initial public offering, SpaceX has shaved off almost all its added value.
The mission is the debut of a new reentry capsule developed by SpaceX that weighs about 2,100 kg (4,600 lbs). Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 6:53 a.m. EDT (1053...
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.
It is safe to say SpaceX won't be going for electric rockets anytime soon. In a characteristically blunt reply on X, SpaceX frontman Elon Musk stated, “Unfortunately, electric rockets are...
SpaceX announced today that it commenced its first-ever public bond offering, marking a significant step in the newly public company's capital markets strategy. The company announced an offering of...
SpaceX confirmed today that it has officially signed its third massive compute deal, providing compute at its Colossus data center in Southaven, Mississippi. Reflection AI will gain immediate access...
SpaceX's secret disk-shaped Starfall capsule is targeting a market no reentry vehicle has cracked.