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The launch leader that made reusable flight routine with Falcon 9/Heavy; developing Starship. 165 orbital launches in 2025. Went public on Nasdaq (SPCX) in June 2026 in the largest IPO ever (~$75B raised, ~$1.75T valuation).

Hawthorne, CA, US · 2002 · SPCX
Milestone note Jul 24, 2026

Starship V3 works end to end (Flight 13)

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SpaceX — Flight 13 (24 Jul 2026), the second V3 flight, cleared what the debut left undone: it deployed a full batch of 20 Starlink V3 satellites (Flight 12 carried mostly mock-ups), relit a Raptor engine in space, and brought both the Super Heavy booster (Gulf) and the ship (Indian Ocean) to controlled splashdowns — the booster recovery Flight 12 missed. Tower catches, reuse and full orbital flight are still ahead.

Milestone note Jul 10, 2026

China recovers an orbital rocket booster for the first time — with a net instead of legs

CASC's Long March 10B, launched from Hainan, recovered its first-stage booster at sea about six minutes after stage separation — caught by a net-and-hook system rather than landing on legs, China's first controlled recovery of an orbital launch vehicle and the first net-based one anywhere. Only SpaceX (routinely) and Blue Origin (since Nov 2025) had landed orbital-class boosters.