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SpaceX

A U.S. commercial space company known for Falcon launch vehicles, Dragon spacecraft, and the Starship development programme.

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SpaceX develops and operates its own launch vehicles and spacecraft. Falcon 9 expanded practical first-stage reuse, while Dragon supports cargo and crew flights and Starship remains in intensive development testing.

SpaceX’s commercial operations connect with NASA programmes, especially cargo and crew flights to the ISS. Individual Starship tests should be read as development milestones: they show progress and technical limits, not a finished service.

Key context

  1. Falcon 9 is a launch vehicle with a reusable first stage.
  2. Dragon flies in both cargo and crewed variants.
  3. Starship and Super Heavy remain in the flight-test phase.

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Starship — programme and adjacent flights

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last verified · 6 September 2026

  1. SpaceX: overview of operated missions, launch vehicles, and spacecraft.

Spaceflightpedia. (n.d.). SpaceX. Retrieved 21 October 2026, from https://spaceflightpedia.com/article/spacex

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