SpaceX
Aerospace

SpaceX

Reusable rockets and orbital transport, flown weekly.

Falcon launches (career)
650+
Booster reflights
20+ per unit
Active launch pads
5
Employees
13,000+
The thesis

SpaceX builds and operates reusable launch vehicles and orbital spacecraft, running the world's highest-cadence launch program from pads in Florida, Texas, and California. Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy handle the current commercial and government manifest while Starship, Starlink, and the xAI/X platforms operate as sibling ventures within the wider group.

Falcon 9

Nine engines on the first stage give Falcon 9 engine-out capability - it can lose one and still complete the mission.

Falcon Heavy

Falcon Heavy combines three Falcon 9 first-stage cores, powered by 27 Merlin 1D engines that generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff.

Dragon

SuperDraco thrusters can pull the crew capsule away from a failing rocket at any point from the pad to orbit.

Milestones
2008

First privately funded rocket to reach orbit

Falcon 1's fourth flight succeeded where the first three hadn't, establishing the company as a credible launch provider rather than a long-shot experiment.

2015

First orbital-class booster landing

A Falcon 9 first stage returned to a landing pad intact, proving the reusability concept the company's entire cost structure is built around.

2020

First commercial crew launch to the ISS

Dragon carried astronauts to the International Space Station, ending a decade of relying on foreign vehicles for crewed access to orbit.

2024

Super Heavy caught by the launch tower

Starship's booster returned to the pad and was caught mid-air by the tower's arms, skipping landing legs entirely on the path to rapid reuse.

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Falcon 9

Falcon 9 is the vehicle that made reuse routine. The first stage lands itself back on a droneship or landing zone within minutes of stage separation, is inspected, and flies again - some boosters have now flown more than 20 missions. It carries crew to the ISS, deploys the Starlink constellation, and handles the bulk of the world's commercial and national-security launch manifest.

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Launch ops

Falcon 9 launch

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Launch ops

Falcon Heavy demo flight

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Recovery

Falcon 9 booster landing

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Mission ops

Crew Dragon Demo-2

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Mission ops

Starlink mission webcast

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Coming soon

Early looks at what SpaceX is building next - previews and prototypes, not yet available to buy.

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Soon
In development

Crew to lunar Gateway

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Gallery
Starlink stack on Falcon 9
Starlink deployment - Commons
Falcon Heavy
Falcon Heavy
Falcon 9 launch still
Falcon 9 ascent
Crew-5 booster
NASA - Crew-5
Crew Dragon at the ISS
Crew Dragon / ISS
Commercial crew launch
NASA commercial crew
Dragon at the ISS
ISS operations
Falcon 9 on the pad
Pad operations
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