SpaceX
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Space transport company that develops rockets and spacecraft. Coverage follows its launch systems, space infrastructure and the technology and business around them.
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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.
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Revenue, funding, product launches and major company events, newest first. Expand the earlier milestones for more history.
Acquires Cursor
Cursor confirms joining SpaceX, adding its coding editor, models and developer platform to the combined business.
Source: CursorCompletes 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.
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 prospectusStarlink reaches 10.3M subscriber lines
The prospectus records service across 164 countries and territories. Subscriber lines measure service connections, not individual people.
Source: SpaceX prospectusCompletes 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 prospectusLaunches its first crewed Dragon flight
NASA’s Demo-2 mission carries two astronauts aboard Crew Dragon and Falcon 9.
Source: NASALaunches 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: AxiosFalcon 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: SpaceXLands 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: NASACompletes its first contracted ISS cargo mission
Dragon returns NASA cargo after the October resupply mission, establishing an operational service beyond demonstration flights.
Source: NASAFalcon 1 reaches orbit
The successful flight follows earlier unsuccessful launches and establishes SpaceX’s first orbital capability.
Source: SpaceXSpaceX is founded
Tesla’s official biography of Elon Musk dates the start of SpaceX to May 2002.
Source: Tesla
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