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SpaceX was founded in early 2001 after Elon Musk announced the Mars Oasis project to land a greenhouse on Mars. The company emerged when Musk decided to build affordable rockets instead of acquiring Russian Dnepr launch vehicles for his initial plan.
SpaceX achieved its first successful landing and recovery of a first stage on December 2015 with Falcon 9 Flight 20. This milestone marked a significant technological breakthrough for reusable orbital class rockets.
As of May 2025, the Starlink constellation has over 6,000 satellites in orbit providing consumer internet service. SpaceX launched the first large batch of 60 Starlink satellites in May 2019 to begin deploying this commercial satellite network.
SpaceX became the first private company to send astronauts to the International Space Station during the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission in May 2020. This historic flight carried NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A.
The Federal Aviation Administration granted launch license for Starship's fourth flight test on the 4th of June 2024. This licensure included a clause allowing subsequent test flights without mishap investigations if similar profiles were maintained.