SpaceX news
Here we gather what the specialist press publishes about SpaceX: 427 stories collected since July 6, 2026, newest first and always linking to the outlet that published them. The list updates itself as new pieces come in. The recurring topics are Space, Accidents, Industry.
August 18, 2026
After Starship's test launch and splashdown last month, SpaceX recovery teams have successfully tugged the vehicle through a turbulent stretch of the Indian Ocean and arrived at calmer waters off…
SpaceX launched its 100th mission of the year early Wednesday morning (Aug. 19), sending 24 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.
The vehicle was taken near the coast of Christmas Island and will now be examined by engineers before the attempt to return to Starbase The post SpaceX rescues Starship…
Live coverage: SpaceX to send Starlink satellites to orbit with Tuesday night launch from California
The Starlink 17-50 mission will add another 24 broadband satellites to the company’s megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 8:45 p.m. PDT (11:45 p.m…
SpaceX has successfully guided Starship Ship 40 to a location just off the coast of… The post Ship 40 arrives at Christmas Island, Plans Return to Starbase appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .
On July 24 one of our members’ aircraft – a medevac jet – departed MGGT/Guatemala...
SpaceX has agreed to keep Poland within Starlink’s European roaming region after the country’s foreign minister threatened to reconsider roughly $50 million in annual payments to the company. The…
August 17, 2026
Depending on towing speed, between 2 and 2.7 knots, the tow of Normand Ranger, GO Australis and the upper stage of SpaceX's Flight 13, Ship 40, is expected tomorrow morning between 2 and 5 am…
The end of SpaceX’s Transporter program could leave a giant hole for space startups looking for cost effective rides to orbit. SEOPS is trying to fill it. The post SEOPS Doubles Down on Waymaker…
Earlier this month, a discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage crashed into the lunar surface at 8,700 kilometers per hour. This was not a controlled landing. The stage had been […] The post A rocket…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- In the early hours of August 16, 2026 (Spanish peninsular time), SpaceX's launch cadence reached a new milestone: the company launched two Falcon 9 rockets with…
ESA launched seven CubeSat missions aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 to test laser communications, inter-satellite networks and in-orbit artificial intelligence, aiming for a… The post…
August 16, 2026
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Last Saturday, August 15, SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets carrying separate missions: Globalstar 2-R Launch 1 and USSF-366…
On August 14, 2026, Norges Bank Investment Management, manager of Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, disclosed an expanded equity position in direct-to-device (D2D) satellite communications operator…
On August 15, 2026, SpaceX completed two orbital Falcon 9 launches within 38 minutes from operational pads on opposite coasts of the United States. The high-cadence launch doubleheader deployed the…
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SpaceX launched a classified Space Force mission from Vandenberg, revealing almost nothing about its payload. The post SpaceX just launched a secret payload from California appeared first on…
On August 15, 2026, VinSpace, the space technology arm of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, signed a launch services agreement with SpaceX to deploy its initial batch of commercial nanosatellites…
Today, August 16, 2026 at 21:54, there will be a pass of SpaceX's Starlink satellites visible in Italy. Often, looking up...
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SpaceX launched two of its Falcon 9 rockets just 38 minutes apart on Saturday evening (Aug. 15), setting a new spaceflight record.
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August 15, 2026
The batch of eight Globalstar satellites will help refresh the company’s low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 9:12 p.m. EDT (0112…
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Today, August 15, 2026 at 21:36, there will be a bright pass of SpaceX's Starlink satellites visible across Italy Often, looking up... The article Tonight the Starlink satellite…
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August 14, 2026
On August 14, 2026, Norges Bank Investment Management, manager of Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, disclosed an expanded equity position in direct-to-device (D2D) satellite communications operator…
Cards Against Humanity isn't done with its scorched-Earth campaign against SpaceX and Elon Musk, and is planning to erect an "Elon Musk is a Sad Little B----- with No Friends" monument near SpaceX's…
SpaceX has completed the acquisition process of Cursor that began in April, when Cursor announced its collaboration with SpaceXAI to accelerate the training of its models. "Since we created…
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The lunar dust and turf have settled after a multi-ton SpaceX upper stage slam-banged into terrain near Einstein Crater on August 5. That impact site was imaged by South Korea’s Moon-orbiting Danuri…
A SpaceX rocket body slammed into the moon earlier this month, showcasing a risk that will increase as humanity establishes a footprint on Earth's nearest neighbor.
And unlike the Electron, the Neutron has been designed from the outset to be fully reusable, with a vertical landing strategy similar to that of SpaceX rockets. The big…
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August 13, 2026
Amazon Leo, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab and York Space will prototype and test connections to the SpaceX-built data network backbone The post Space Force awards five companies $60…
Following the formal execution of a definitive agreement and subsequent financial disclosures in early August 2026, space transport and satellite communications provider SpaceX is progressing toward…
By taking over the manufacturing of its own logic and memory chips, SpaceX not only secures its supply against geopolitical crises, but will also control the hardware architecture needed for its…