SpaceX plans to launch its Falcon 9 rocket from Southern California on May 19. The mission will deploy 24 Starlink broadband internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. This launch precedes the first flight of the much larger Starship rocket from South Texas ...

SpaceX, which is planning to go public soon, recently tested the latest version of its massive 407-foot rocket for the first time.

SpaceX plans two more Falcon 9 rocket launches before May ends from the Vandenberg Space Force Base. Both missions are to deploy Starlink satellites.

The largest and most powerful rocket in history, SpaceX’s Starship V3, had a successful launch and a successful explosion once it returned to Earth. The SpaceX rocket’s demise was planned as it splashed down in the Indian Ocean on Friday.

Two companies best known for brokering payload space on SpaceX rideshare launches have each purchased Falcon 9 launches to meet growing demand.