By early 2026, the National Reconnaissance Office had launched 13 classified missions tied to a single satellite constellation, all of them riding SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets and all of them carrying spacecraft built on the company’s Starshield platform.

A section of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket used in a January 2025 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is predicted to crash into the moon on August 5. The prediction comes from an independent astronomer who tracked the rocket's upper stage.

SpaceX is retiring its "Just Read the Instructions" drone ship from Falcon 9 booster recovery operations. The drone ship will be repurposed to support the company's larger Starship rocket program. The "A Shortfall of Gravitas" drone ship will now be the ...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket early Tuesday, Feb. 24 from Vandenberg. The mission's purpose is to deploy 25 Starlink broadband internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. Viewers can watch the launch in person from recommended spots or via ...