SpaceX

Reporting and context on SpaceX, with a closer look at the decisions and developments that matter.

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At a glance

Space transport company that develops rockets and spacecraft. Coverage follows its launch systems, space infrastructure and the technology and business around them.

Focus: Rockets; spacecraft; space infrastructure
Reference: SpaceX

Reviewed 19 October 2026. Dates retain the precision of the source; retrospective disclosures are identified in the event. Combined historical financials are recast to include xAI and X; they must not be read as standalone launch or Starlink revenue.

Company milestones

Revenue, funding, product launches and major company events, newest first. Expand the earlier milestones for more history.

Aug
2026
Acquires Cursor
Cursor confirms joining SpaceX, adding its coding editor, models and developer platform to the combined business.
Source: Cursor
Jun
2026
Completes an $86B public offering
Axios’s July account identifies the completed June IPO and proceeds. The public financing is distinct from revenue.
Source: Axios

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Earlier revenue, financing and company milestones.

Jun
2026
Discloses $10.39B → $14.02B → $18.67B revenue
The prospectus reports recast 2023, 2024 and 2025 combined revenue. Historical figures include xAI and X under common-control accounting, not only rockets and Starlink.
Source: SpaceX prospectus
Mar
2026
Starlink reaches 10.3M subscriber lines
The prospectus records service across 164 countries and territories. Subscriber lines measure service connections, not individual people.
Source: SpaceX prospectus
Feb
2026
Completes its combination with xAI
The merger brings xAI, including X, into SpaceX. The prospectus retrospectively recasts the combined financial history for the common-control transaction.
Source: SpaceX prospectus
May
2020
Launches its first crewed Dragon flight
NASA’s Demo-2 mission carries two astronauts aboard Crew Dragon and Falcon 9.
Source: NASA
May
2019
Launches the first 60 Starlink satellites
The initial large batch begins deployment of the broadband constellation, with the Falcon 9 booster returning to a drone ship.
Source: Axios
Feb
2018
Falcon Heavy reaches orbit on its first launch
SpaceX lands two of the three boosters during the demonstration, expanding its reusable heavy-lift launch capability.
Source: SpaceX
Dec
2015
Lands a Falcon 9 first stage after an orbital launch
The successful return to a landing pad demonstrates a key step toward reusing orbital-class boosters.
Source: NASA
Oct
2012
Completes its first contracted ISS cargo mission
Dragon returns NASA cargo after the October resupply mission, establishing an operational service beyond demonstration flights.
Source: NASA
Sep
2008
Falcon 1 reaches orbit
The successful flight follows earlier unsuccessful launches and establishes SpaceX’s first orbital capability.
Source: SpaceX
May
2002
SpaceX is founded
Tesla’s official biography of Elon Musk dates the start of SpaceX to May 2002.
Source: Tesla