News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- Ten years ago, SpaceX turned tragedy into triumph with a historic rocket landing Ars Technica · 18 Dec 2025 "It's hard to describe how epic this comeback was after our first Falcon 9 launch failure."
- Lux Aeterna to land first reusable satellite in Australia SpaceNews · 17 Dec 2025 Denver-based Lux Aeterna announced plans Dec. 17 to land its debut reusable satellite at the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia, shortly after launching on a SpaceX rideshare mission in early 2027.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to fly Starlink mission using Falcon 9 booster flying for a 30th time Spaceflight Now · 17 Dec 2025 The Falcon 9 rocket launching the Starlink 15-13 mission will fly on a south-easterly trajectory upon leaving pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff is for 7:22 a.m. PST (10:22 a.m. EST / 1522 UTC).
- Live coverage: SpaceX preps sunrise Starlink from Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 16 Dec 2025 The Starlink 6-99 mission represents SpaceX’s 125th launch to date from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Liftoff is scheduled during a window that opens at 7:19 a.m. EST (1219 UTC).
- SpaceX claims close approach to Starlink satellite by payload from Chinese launch SpaceNews · 16 Dec 2025 A reported close approach between a Starlink satellite and a recently launched Chinese spacecraft highlights the challenges of coordinating spacecraft operations and verifying potential close calls in orbit.
- Musk signals plan to launch IPO for SpaceX SpaceDaily · 16 Dec 2025 New York (AFP) Dec 11, 2025 Elon Musk has signaled plans to soon seek a public stock listing of SpaceX, confirming a report that links the strategic shift to a near-term need for more capital. Musk, who is also the CEO o...
- SpaceX advances Starbase upgrades at the launch site NASASpaceflight · 16 Dec 2025 SpaceX continues rapid infrastructure improvements at its Starbase facility in South Texas, with demolition work…
- NASA to test SpaceX’s Starshield in pilot program SpaceNews · 15 Dec 2025 NASA plans to test SpaceX’s Starshield satellite network, designed primarily for national security customers, to support operations of the agency’s Deep Space Network.
- Oh look, yet another Starship clone has popped up in China Ars Technica · 15 Dec 2025 Chinese companies are no longer hiding their intent to clone SpaceX. They're advertising it.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 14 Dec 2025 The Starlink 6-99 mission will be SpaceX’s 125th orbital launch from Launch Complex 39A to date. Liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is scheduled during a launch window that opens at 8:11 a.m. EST (1311 UTC) on Dec....
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 14 Dec 2025 The Starlink 6-82 represents SpaceX’s 580th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket to date. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 9:47 p.m. EST (0247 UTC).
- SpaceX executive confirms interest in an IPO SpaceNews · 13 Dec 2025 SpaceX’s chief financial officer has confirmed the company is considering an initial public offering as soon as next year to raise money for projects such as orbital data centers.
- Live coverage: SpaceX aims for 550th booster landing amid Saturday night flight Spaceflight Now · 13 Dec 2025 The Starlink 15-12 mission will add another 27 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s megaconstellation in low Earth orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is set for Dec. 13, during a window that o...
- SpaceX Roberts Road a focal point for East Coast Starship preparations NASASpaceflight · 13 Dec 2025 SpaceX’s Roberts Road facility, the company’s primary hub for Starship operations on Florida’s Space Coast,…
- IHI SAT2 hyperspectral CubeSat enters orbit to support forest monitoring and carbon data SpaceDaily · 12 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 IHI-SAT2, a hyperspectral 6U CubeSat built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics for Japan's IHI Corporation, has reached orbit and established two-way communications shortly after deployment from a S...
- SpaceX IPO plan sets stage for a surge of other space listings SpaceNews · 11 Dec 2025 Other space companies are likely to move toward the public markets now that Elon Musk is openly signaling plans to pursue a SpaceX IPO next year, hoping to ride the wave of momentum behind a potentially record-breaking l...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 11 Dec 2025 The Starlink 6-90 mission will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket flying a south-easterly trajectory after leaving from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff from pad 40 is scheduled for 3:26 p.m. EST (2026 UTC).
- After years of resisting it, SpaceX now plans to go public. Why? Ars Technica · 10 Dec 2025 "Much of the AI race comes down to amassing and deploying assets."
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 160th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 Spaceflight Now · 10 Dec 2025 The Starlink 15-11 mission will add another 27 broadband internet satellites to the low Earth orbit megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 3:40 a.m. PST (6:40 a.m. EST / 11...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office Spaceflight Now · 9 Dec 2025 The mission, dubbed NROL-77, is likely to be the final time SpaceX uses Landing Zone 2 to recover a first stage Falcon booster. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 2:16 p.m. EST (19...
- Space-based solar power startup Aetherflux enters orbital data center race SpaceNews · 9 Dec 2025 Space-based solar power startup Aetherflux has thrown its hat into the emerging market for orbital data centers, joining SpaceX, Amazon and others exploring ways to move energy-hungry artificial intelligence compute off...
- Launch Roundup: China, Russia, Rocket Lab, ULA join SpaceX in flying this week NASASpaceflight · 8 Dec 2025 The upcoming launch week, starting on Monday, Dec. 8, is a very busy one as…
- ArkEdge boosts 6U micro-satellite fleet with three-satellite AE5R launch SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Tokyo, Japan, December 1, 2025 - ArkEdge Space Inc., a Tokyo-based space technology company that designs, builds, and operates micro-satellite constellations, has launched three new 6U-cla...
- OroraTech expands GENA satellite platform with orbital testbed for scientific payloads SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 OroraTech has launched GENA-OT, the first mission built on its GEneric flexible NAnosatellite platform, on SpaceX's Transporter-15 rideshare flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 3,000th Starlink satellite in 2025 on record-setting 32nd flight of Falcon 9 booster Spaceflight Now · 7 Dec 2025 The Starlink 6-92 mission also represents the planned launch of the 575th Falcon 9 rocket to date. SpaceX scheduled liftoff for 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 UTC).
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now · 7 Dec 2025 The Starlink 11-15 mission will add another 28 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:58 a.m. PST (12:58...
- Digital twin successfully launched and deployed into space SpaceDaily · 7 Dec 2025 Davis CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 A dynamic digital twin designed by UC Davis researchers was launched into Earth's orbit last week aboard a SpaceX rocket. The innovation, which will model the current condition and predict the...
- SpaceX gets approval to build Starship launch complex at Cape Canaveral SpaceNews · 6 Dec 2025 he Department of the Air Force has approved plans to convert a former Delta 4 launch site at Cape Canaveral into a complex for SpaceX’s Starship.
- Castelion raises $350 million to scale hypersonic missile production SpaceNews · 5 Dec 2025 The company founded by SpaceX veterans is opening a solid rocket motor manufacturing campus in New Mexico
- SpaceX gets Environmental Approval for Starship at SLC-37 NASASpaceflight · 5 Dec 2025 After waiting the requisite time for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), SpaceX now has environmental…
- Greece deploys first national ICEYE radar satellites for disaster monitoring SpaceDaily · 5 Dec 2025 Paris, France (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 Two new ICEYE radar satellites have entered service under Greece's National Small Satellite Programme, expanding the country's capacity to track floods, wildfires, landslides and other ha...
- Final proposals leave SpaceX and Amazon with 4% of $20 billion rural broadband subsidies SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2025 SpaceX and Amazon stand to get about 4% of the nearly $20 billion that states have proposed for rural broadband buildouts, representing roughly 21% of the locations under the federal BEAD program.
- How Starlink’s explosive growth is reshaping connectivity in an increasingly connected world SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2025 Part 2 of our Understanding the SpaceX-Era Economy series examines how Starlink’s explosive growth is reshaping connectivity in an increasingly connected world, pushing satellite broadband from a niche service into the m...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandengerg SFB Spaceflight Now · 4 Dec 2025 The Starlink 11-25 mission will see the Falcon 9 rocket fly on a south-easterly trajectory upon leaving the pad. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:42 p.m. PST (3:42 p.m. EST / 2...
- ICEYE boosts SAR capacity with launch of five satellites for commercial and national missions SpaceDaily · 4 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 ICEYE has placed five new Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites into orbit, extending its commercial constellation and adding spacecraft for several national customers. The satellite...
- The next steps in the quest for full rocket reusability SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 When a Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California late Nov. 16, it did something that was unprecedented a decade ago but unremarkable today: it landed the first stage, in this case on a pad next t...
- AI eXpress 1 Plus completes first generation in orbit AI satellite trio SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Paris, France (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Planetek Italia has placed the AI eXpress 1 Plus (AIX-1+) satellite in orbit, completing the first generation of its AI eXpress constellation for in-orbit artificial intelligence processi...
- Leaf Space scales support for multi-satellite rideshare missions SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Leaf Space is providing ground segment services for 31 satellites on a single upcoming SpaceX rideshare mission, the largest number of spacecraft it has supported on one launch to date...
- Space station reaches new record with all docking ports in use SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 For the first time in the history of the International Space Station, all eight of its docking ports are occupied following the reinstallation of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo space...
- Mexico to launch its first microsatellite on SpaceX mission SpaceDaily · 2 Dec 2025 Miami FL (UPI) Nov 26, 2025 Mexico's Alvaro Obregon borough plans to send first locally assembled microsatellite into orbit this week on SpaceX's Transporter-15 mission, a rideshare launch scheduled Wednesday from Vanden...